Manuals
You can find in this page many Olivetti M20 manuals in the pdf format. There are 43 manuals in this page. The collection is far from complete! If you own a manual that is not listed here, please consider helping the M20 community all around the world...
Installation and tutorials
Manuals for PCOS and other operating systems
Manuals of BASIC and other languages
Low-level programming
Manuals dedicated to the M20 hardware
Olivetti peripherals
Software
Page log
Manuals for PCOS and other operating systems
Manuals of BASIC and other languages
Low-level programming
Manuals dedicated to the M20 hardware
Olivetti peripherals
Software
Page log
Installation and tutorials
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| m20anl.pdf (3.2MiB) |  |
De | The Olivetti M20 user manual. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| m20_giu.pdf (49MiB) |  |
It | The Olivetti M20 installation and use, from the Tix's 1000 bit site. |
| olitutor.pdf (2.1MiB) |  |
It | Olitutor was a tutorial program to interactively learn how to use the M20 with PCOS and BASIC. Many thanks to Matteo Pisani. |
| olitu[...].pdf (7.7MiB) |  |
It | The Olitutor manual scanned at an higher resolution. Many thanks to Matteo Pisani. |
| Olive[...].pdf (9MiB) |  |
De | Manual for the DES version (sold in the De market for tax accountants). Thanks to Heiko Schumann. |
Manuals for PCOS and other operating systems
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| M20_PCOS.pdf (7.3MiB) |
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It | A good and detailed description of PCOS 1.0, its structure and the use of its commands. Many thanks to prof.ing. Dino Molli and to his home page. |
| M20_Betr[...].pdf (77MiB) |  |
De | M20 Betriebssystem PCOS Release 2.0, many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt |
| pcos.zip (3.4MiB) |
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It | The PCOS 2.0 user manual, from the Tix's 1000 bit site. |
| m20qref.pdf (4.7MiB) |  |
De | The Olivetti M20 quick reference guide for PCOS 2.0 and BASIC. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| M20 Bed[...].pdf (31.6MiB) |  |
De | M20 Bediener Handbuch PCOS. Many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt. |
| PCOS_30_UG.pdf (71.1MiB) |  |
En | The PCOS 3.0 user manual. |
| CPM86Parte1.PDF (1.9MiB) CPM86Parte2.PDF (2.4MiB) CPM86Parte3.PDF (1.1MiB) CPM86Parte4.PDF (2.9MiB) |
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It | The CP/M-86 user manual. Many thanks to Matteo. |
Manuals of BASIC and other languages
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| M20_Han[...].pdf (140.9MiB) |  |
De | M20 Handbuch BASIC 8000 Unter PCOS 1.3, many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt |
| M20_Han[...].pdf (141.5MiB) |  |
De | M20 Handbuch BASIC 8000 Vorläufige Ausgabe, many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt |
| M20_BASIC.pdf (11.6MiB) |  |
It | The description of the Microsoft Basic used in M20 (some pages are misplaced in the pdf file). Many thanks to prof.ing. Dino Molli and to his home page. |
| m20lbmu.pdf (45.4MiB) |  |
It | The description of the Microsoft Basic used in M20, from the Tix's 1000 bit site. |
| pasca[...].pdf (7.5MiB) |  |
It | The Pascal user manual. Many thanks to Matteo. |
| pasca[...].pdf (7.1MiB) |  |
En | The Pascal user manual. Many thanks to Matteo. |
Low-level programming
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| M20_[...].pdf (75.5MiB) |  |
En | M20 The assembler 3.0 user guide, many thanks to Andreas Ziermann. A very complete resource! |
| PCOS_[...].pdf (19.1MiB) |  |
En | Assembler manual and relationships with the PCOS. Assembled from tiffs in Chris' FTP site. |
| ioepug.pdf (14.6MiB) |  |
En | I/O with external peripherals manual. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| v24-pe[...].pdf (2.2MiB) |  |
De | V24 Peripherie Programmierhandbuch. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| Z8000_[...].pdf (4.7MiB) |  |
En | Zilog Z8000 programming guide, by Z8000 home page, by Jurjen Kranenborg. |
Manuals dedicated to the M20 hardware
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hw1.pdf (5.3MiB) |  |
En | Hardware manual, part 1. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| hw2.pdf (5.8MiB) |  |
En | Hardware manual, part 2. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. If you are searching the schematics of the M20, look at this page for a high resolution scan and a modern redrawn version. |
| Z8001.pdf (4.8MiB) |  |
En | The Z8001 datasheet provided by SGS-Thomson (now ST microelectronics). |
| manua[...].pdf (21.6MiB) |  |
It | The Olivetti M20 service manual. Many thanks to Roberto Bazzano. |
| manua[...].pdf (166MiB) | |
It | The Olivetti M20 service manual, high resolution version. Many thanks to Roberto Bazzano. |
Olivetti peripherals
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR1470_Bed[...].pdf (11.4MiB) |  |
De | The Olivetti PR1470 printer user manual in German. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| pr430.pdf (3.6MiB) |  |
De | The daisy printer Olivetti PR430 user manual. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| olive[...].pdf (7.4MiB) |  |
It | The PR1450 printer manual. Many thanks to Matteo Pisani. |
| pr320-[...].pdf (13MiB) |  |
De | The Olivetti PR320 printer user manual. Many thanks to Christian Groessler. |
Software
| File | Image | Lang. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| quade[...].pdf (25.7MiB) |  |
It | The Olivetti Quaderno Software M20, seconda edizione. A list of all programs available in january 1983 for the Olivetti M20. Here is the Front page. Many thanks to Matteo Pisani. |
| M20_I[...].pdf (26.9MiB) |  |
En | M20 ISAM User Guide, many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt |
| Oliword.pdf (4.7MiB) |  |
En | The Oliword manual. There is also a scan of the keyboard overlay for Oliword and the full screen file editor. Many thanks to Dwight Elvey and to Chris Groessler with his FTP site. |
| Oliwor[...].pdf (0.9MiB) |  |
De | Oliword Referenzkarte. Many thanks to Benjamin Eberhardt. |
| olisort.pdf (24MiB) |  |
En | Olisort manual. Many thanks to Chris Groessler and to his FTP site. |
| M20_OLISORT.pdf (14.7MiB) |  | It | The description of the Olisort program, which was a general-purpouse sorting program developed by Olivetti. Many thanks to prof.ing. Dino Molli and to his home page. |
| ISAM.pdf (10.1MiB) |  |
En | ISAM (Index Sequential Acces Method) reference manual. Assembled from tiffs in Chris' FTP site. |
| M20_ISAM.pdf (3.4MiB) |  |
It | The description of the ISAM (Index Sequential Acces Method) program, that was a sort of database developed by Olivetti, that could be easily controlled with PCOS and BASIC. Many thanks to prof.ing. Dino Molli and to his home page. |
| DBMSParte1.PDF (260KiB) DBMSParte2.PDF (1.6MiB) DBMSParte3.PDF (724KiB) |
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It | The Olivetti Data Base Management System manual. Many thanks to Matteo. |
| eightbit.pdf (4.1MiB) |  |
En | The Olivetti Eight Bit (Z80 emulation for CP/M) user manual. Many thanks to Roelof Beverdam. |
| oliterm.pdf (1.5MiB) |  |
De | The Oliterm manual in De. Many thanks to Heiko Schumann. |
Page Log
- April 13, 2025 - Added the German PR1470 manual
- November 11, 2024 - Slight adjustment to new site code. Credit Heiko Schumann for the Oliterm manual.
- November 9, 2024 - Added the De Oliterm user manual. Uniformize the dates in this log.
- July 29, 2023 - Page restructuring.
- July 24 2023 - Added M20 Handbuch BASIC 8000 Vorläufige Ausgabe, M20 Betriebssystem PCOS Release 2.0, M20 Handbuch BASIC 8000 Unter PCOS 1.3, M20 ISAM User Guide, M20 The assembler 3.0 user guide
- January 2, 2023 - Added the M20 Bediener Handbuch PCOS and the Oliword Referenzkarte. Corrected links to Tix's website.
- December 24, 2022 - Added the PCOS 3.0 manual.
- December 22, 2022 - Added the eightbit manual.
- January 30, 2008 - Added PR320 manual.
- December 7, 2007 - Reduction of the size of the Technical assistance manual.
- December 4, 2007 - Added the Technical assistance manual.
- November 17, 2007 - Added the DBMS manual.
- November 11, 2007 - Added the CP/M-86 manual.
- November 15, 2007 - Added the Pascal manual.
- April 28, 2007 - Added the V24 Peripherie Programmierhandbuch manual.
- 2005 - page creation.
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