ITCS Advert - August 1983
From Personal Computer World
New: The IT Andromeda Zeta-E
This is another mystery entry, in this case for the Andromeda Zeta-E. It was probably built and not imported (as it claims to be a British micro) by ITCS - IT Computer Services of Ashford in Middlesex.
It was sold as a light-weight "executive version" of the company's previous Zeta-P, which presumably had the same spec of Z80A processor, 128K RAM and CP/M 2.2.
The E version of the Andromeda Zeta had the addition of a built-in 10" display, which supported "high resolution" graphics of some sort and which made it portable, although in the luggable rather than laptop sense.
No fewer than nine variants were available, with the E4.3 heading up the five floppy-only models with three 1MB disk drives, whist there were also four Winchester-based variants with the EW8 giving 24MB of storage. All of these EW variants also come with a 1MB floppy.
The advert is also notable for its depiction of early 1980s transport, including the back of a London taxi cab, a dude walking past a rake of Mark 1 TSO British Rail coaches, and a McDonell Douglas DC-10, from the days when apparently you could drive right up to the plane to pick up your busy executive.
Date created: 22 January 2025
Last updated: 22 January 2025
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