<s>
The	O
West	B-Device
PC-800	I-Device
is	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
introduced	O
by	O
Norwegian	O
company	O
West	O
Computer	O
AS	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
alarm	O
center	O
allowing	O
use	O
of	O
several	O
CPUs	O
(	O
6502	B-General_Concept
,	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
,	O
8086	O
,	O
68000	B-Device
)	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
introduced	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatible	O
in	O
early	O
1986	O
and	O
the	O
West	B-Device
PC-800	I-Device
line	O
was	O
phased	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
computer	O
had	O
both	O
6502	B-General_Concept
and	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
CPUs	O
,	O
promised	O
rich	O
expansion	O
capabilities	O
and	O
included	O
two	O
rather	O
unusual	O
features	O
:	O
a	O
wireless	O
keyboard	O
and	O
an	O
alarm	O
device	O
reporting	O
fire	O
,	O
flood	O
or	O
burglary	O
via	O
phone	O
and	O
the	O
built-in	O
modem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
West	O
PC	O
800	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
expected	O
,	O
probably	O
due	O
to	O
weak	O
Apple	O
II	O
position	O
in	O
Norway	O
,	O
and	O
West	O
Computer	O
AS	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
1985	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatible	O
West	O
PC	O
1600	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
package	O
with	O
one	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
(	O
200	O
KB	O
unformatted	O
capacity	O
)	O
,	O
3	O
applications	O
and	O
3	O
games	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
NOK	O
3,750	O
and	O
another	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
for	O
NOK	O
3,300	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
software	O
included	O
two	O
BASIC	O
variants	O
(	O
one	O
for	O
6502	B-General_Concept
,	O
one	O
for	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
but	O
available	O
was	O
only	O
an	O
old	O
basic	O
variant	O
for	O
6502	B-General_Concept
(	O
for	O
full	O
Apple	O
Basic	O
compatibility	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disk	O
drives	O
are	O
controlled	O
by	O
West	O
DOS	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
whose	O
commands	O
are	O
accessible	O
directly	O
from	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
-	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
introduction	O
-	O
was	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
West	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Z80	B-General_Concept
CPU	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
CP/M	B-Application
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
is	O
via	O
6502	B-General_Concept
,	O
its	O
performance	O
is	O
crippled	O
by	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Z80B	B-General_Concept
6MHz	O
)	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supplied	O
300/300	O
baud	O
modem	B-Application
can	O
work	O
as	O
an	O
autodial	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
included	O
is	O
also	O
telephone	O
number	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modem	B-Application
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
sensors	O
and	O
during	O
an	O
alarm	O
situation	O
,	O
the	O
machine	O
will	O
dial	O
selected	O
number(s )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keyboard	O
offers	O
20	O
function	B-Application
keys	I-Application
and	O
Caps	B-Device
Lock	I-Device
,	O
with	O
another	O
key	O
to	O
turn	O
keyboard	O
ON	O
and	O
OFF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
West	B-Device
PC-800	I-Device
can	O
take	O
several	O
CPU	O
cards	O
including	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
package	O
(	O
NOK	O
3,000	O
)	O
and	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
(	O
NOK7-12	O
,	O
000	O
)	O
expansion	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
even	O
a	O
Motorola	B-Device
6809	I-Device
CPU	O
card	O
for	O
OS-9	B-Operating_System
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
allows	O
cassette	B-Device
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
(	O
FDD	O
)	O
had	O
142	O
KB	O
formatted	O
capacity	O
(	O
Apple	O
II	O
compatible	O
)	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
several	O
other	O
storage	O
options	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
additional	O
FDD	O
655	O
KB	O
,	O
128	O
KB	O
RAM	O
disk	O
or	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
up	O
to	O
20	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
West	B-Device
PC-800	I-Device
offers	O
rich	O
expansion	O
capabilities	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
compatible	O
expansion	O
bus	O
with	O
7	O
expansion	O
slots	O
(	O
some	O
are	O
occupied	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
configuration	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
West	B-Device
PC-800	I-Device
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
supplied	O
only	O
an	O
old	O
MSDOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
issue	O
with	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
speed	O
without	O
another	O
CPU	O
card	O
,	O
limited	O
data	O
transfer	O
on	O
available	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
