The Poly 88 Microcomputer System
Written on June 3rd , 2026 by Tech Ads
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PolyMorphic Systems now offers the complete, assembled,
personal computer system—the POLY 88 System 16. A full
16K system with high speed video display, alphanumeric
keyboard, and cassette program storage. A BASIC soft-
ware package providing the most advanced features avail-
able in the personal computing market. Features like PLOT
and TIME, which utilize our video graphics and real-time
clock. Others like VERIFY, so that you know your tape is
good before you load another. Or input type-ahead so you
can tell your program to run while the tape is still loading (it
stores up to 64 characters of commands or question re-
sponses to be executed). All these plus a complete pack-
age of scientific functions, formatting options, and string
capabilities. With the POLY 88 System 16 you can amaze
your timesharing friends the very first night!
Polymorphic Systems 11K BASIC — Size: 11K bytes.
Scientific Functions: Sine, cosine, log, exponential, square root,
. random number, x to the y power.
Formatted Output ¢ Multi-line Function Definition ¢ String
| Manipulation and String Functions ¢ Real-Time Clock ¢ Point-
Plotting on Video Display ¢ Array dimensions limited by mem-
ory @ Cassette Save and Load of Named Programs ¢ Multiple
Statements per Line e Renumber ¢ Memory Load and Store «
8080 Input and Output ¢ If Then Else ¢ Input type-ahead.
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Commands: RUN, LIST, SCR, CLEAR, REN, CONTINUE
Statements: LET, IF, THEN, ELSE, FOR, NEXT, GOTO, ON, EXIT,
STOP, END, REM, READ, DATA, RESTORE, INPUT, GOSUB, RE- | |
TURN, PRINT, POKE, OUT.
Built in Functions: FREE, ABS, SGN, INT, LEN, CHR$, VAL, STR$,
ASC, SIN, COS, RND, LOG, TIME, WAIT, EXP, SQRT, CALL, PEEK,
INP, PLOT.
Systems Available. The POLY 88 is available in either kit or as-
sembled form. It is suggested that kits be attempted only be per-
sons familiar with digital circuitry.
System 2: is a kit consisting of the POLY 88 chassis, CPU, video
Circuit card, and cassette interface. Requires keyboard, TV moni-
tor, and cassette recorder for operation. $735
System 16: consists of an assembled and tested System 2 with
16K of memory, keyboard, TV monitor, cassette recorder, 11K
BASIC and Assembler on cassette tapes. $2250.
System 0: The circuit cards an S-100 mainframe owner needs to
be compatible with the POLY 88 software library. System 0 con-
sists of the central processor card with monitor ROM, the video cir-
Cuit card, and cassette interface, all in kit form. $525.
Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice.
California residents add 6% sales tax.
460 Ward Drive
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93111
(805) 967-2351
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‘The Poly 88 Microcomputer System’
A far more colourful advert for a system we have already seen; the Poly 88 was a mid-1970s Intel 8080-based personal computer available in either kit or pre-built form at prices starting at 525USD.
A series of blog posts detailing the recreation of a Poly 88 can be found here.
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