The Ferrocore DL16-1.5 is a microcomputer made in the mid-1980s. It was one of the first computers to be based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the same processor used in the original Apple Macintosh computer. The DL16-1.5 was created and manufactured by Ferrocore, a now-defunct outgrowth of Data Logistics Corporation (DLC).
The DL16-1.5 had a 16-bit CPU and 128K of RAM, a 32K ROM containing memory management system, and various peripheral interfaces. It was capable of running up to four program tasks in parallel, making it well suited for multi-tasking applications.
The DL16-1.5 was designed to run a proprietary real-time operating system, DROS. DROS was designed for industrial process control, telecommunications and data acquisition applications, and featured memory protection and multitasking capabilities. It also had 128-bit floating point arithmetic.
The DL16-1.5 was often used in distributed control systems and communication networks, such as Ethernet and Token-Ring networks. It was also used as an embedded systems controller.