Bondwell Model 14

The Model 14 was the first CP/M personal portable computer to be introduced by Bondwell in 1984. The display CRT is quite clear and comfortable to read from and if it’s considered small for your taste you can connect to a standard TV through the composite port at the back. The Dual drives are a bit noisy when accessing data but very reliable. As a portable machine is on the heavy side, but in the 80’s it was considered impossible to carry around a personal computer as a luggage. The only drawback is that no internal batteries were available so the only power source was the Mains Plug. The Main features where portability, build in speech synthesizer and compatible with Kaypro systems.
Model 14
$1600
BCBW14003147
1984
Zilog Z80A CPU running at a frequency of 4Mhz
4Kbytes Rom containing BIOS 128Kbytes Ram and 2Kbytes Video Ram
Light Beige plastic case with two 360K double sided disk drives. The Machine has a handle for transportation, and the keyboard act as a protection for the screen and drives. The keyboard is a full 101-key QWERTY style keyboard.
Text Mode 80 x 25 Monocrome. Graphic Mode 640 x 200 CGA with 4 colours.
Simple beeper driven by CPU and built in Speech Processor.
1 x Centronics Printer Port,
2 x RS232 Port,
1 x Composite Video out
Internal Power Supply with voltages of +12V, -12V, +5V, -5V
Dimensions
(W x L x H)
480mm x 360mm x 300mm
Weight Approx 15Kg
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The Club currently owns 1 Model 14 with CP/M 3.0 OS and related software. The Machine works perfectly and cosmetically is very good.

Centronics Printer Port

36 Pin Centronics Connector
Pin MDL 14 CENT Dir Desc
1 /STR /STR IN Data
Strobe
2 D0 D0 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 0
3 D1 D1 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 1
4 D2 D2 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 2
5 D3 D3 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 3
6 D4 D4 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 4
7 D5 D5 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 5
8 D6 D6 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 6
9 D7 D7 IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 7
10 /ACK /ACK IN Acknow
receipt data
11 BSY BSY IN Strobe
received,
Waiting
12 PAP
OUT		 PAP
OUT		 IN Paper Out /
Paper Error
13 SEL SEL IN Device
Select
Signal
14 N/C /AUT
FEED		 OUT Autofeed
Active low
15 N/C N/C N/A No
Connection
16 N/C 0V N/A Logic
Ground
17 N/C CHASS
GND		 N/A Shield
Ground
18 N/C +5V
PULL
UP		 OUT +5V DC
19 GND GND N/A Ground
20 GND GND N/A Ground
21 GND GND N/A Ground
22 GND GND N/A Ground
23 GND GND N/A Ground
24 GND GND N/A Ground
25 GND GND N/A Ground
26 GND GND N/A Ground
27 GND GND N/A Ground
28 GND GND N/A Ground
29 GND GND N/A Ground
30 GND GND N/A Ground
31 NC /RES IN Reset
32 /FLT /FLT IN Fault
with Printer
33 GND GND N/A Ground
34 NC N/C N/A Not Used
35 NC +5V OUT +5V DC
36 NC /SLCT
IN		 IN Select In
 

 

Composite Video Out

Phono Connector Female,
at the computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 SIG OUT Video
Comp
out
2 GND N/A Ground
 

 

Serial I/O Port

DSub 25 Pin Female
Pin MDL 14 RS 232 Dir Desc
1 GND GND N/A Ground
2 TxD TxD OUT Transmit
Serial Data
3 RxD RxD IN Receive
Serial Data
4 RTS RTS OUT Request
to Send.
5 CTS CTS IN Clear
to Send.
6 DSR DSR IN Data Set
Ready.
Used by t
7 GND GND N/A Ground
8 CD CD IN Carrier
Detect.
9 N/C — IN/
OUT		 No
Connection
10 N/C — IN/
OUT		 No
Connection
11 N/C STF OUT Select
Transmit
Channel
12 N/C S. CD IN Secondary
Carrier
Detect
13 N/C S. CTS IN Secondary
Clear
To Send
14 +5V S. TxD OUT Secondary
Transmit
Data
15 N/C TCK IN Transmis
Signal
Element
16 N/C S. RxD IN Secondary
Receive
Data
17 N/C RCK OUT Receiver
Signal
Element
18 -12V LL IN Local Loop
19 N/C S. RTS IN Secondary
Request to Send
20 DTR DTR IN Data
Terminal Ready.
21 N/C RL IN Remote Loop
22 N/C RI OUT Ring Indicator
23 N/C DSR IN Data Signal
Rate
Selector
24 XCK XCK IN Transmit
Signal
Element
25 +12V TI OUT Test
Indicator