The later iPDS is a portable unit, about 8"16"20", with a handle. It has a small green screen, a keyboard built into the top, a 5¼ inch floppy disk drive, and runs the ISIS-II operating system. It can also accept a second 8085 processor, allowing a limited form of multi-processor operation where both processors run simultaneously and independently. The screen and keyboard can be switched between them, allowing programs to be assembled on one processor (large programs took a while) while files are edited in the other. It has a bubble memory option and various programming modules, including EPROM, and Intel 8048 and 8051 programming modules which are plugged into the side, replacing stand-alone device programmers. In addition to an 8080/8085 assembler, Intel produced a number of compilers including those for PL/M-80 and Pascal, and a set of tools for linking and statically locating programs to enable them to be burned into EPROMs and used in embedded systems.
the later ipds is a portable unit about 8"16"20" with a handle it has a small green screen a keyboard built into the top a 5¼ inch floppy disk drive and runs the isis-ii operating system it can also accept a second 8085 processor allowing a limited form of multi-processor operation where both processors run simultaneously and independently the screen and keyboard can be switched between them allowing programs to be assembled on one processor (large programs took a while) while files are edited in the other it has a bubble memory option and various programming modules including eprom and intel 8048 and 8051 programming modules which are plugged into the side replacing stand-alone device programmers in addition to an 8080/8085 assembler intel produced a number of compilers including those for pl/m-80 and pascal and a set of tools for linking and statically locating programs to enable them to be burned into eproms and used in embedded systems