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Exidy Sorcerer
The Sorcerer was
first launched in 1978 (although some sources claim 1977, which
appears unlikely), at a price of $895 running at 2.106MHz with 8
kilobytes of Random access memory... |
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Mattel Aquarius
When the Keyboard Component
project was canceled, Mattel searched in a hurry to produce a small
and cheap computer. They contacted Radofin Electronics Far East,
based in Honk-Kong... |
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Memotech MTX 512
The
Memotech company started manufacturing expansion cards and high
quality memory modules for the Sinclair ZX 81 home computer...
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MSX 1
In the early 80's, there were a
lot of home computers. A Japanese company called ASCII corporation
(directed by Kay Nishi) decided to create an industry standard for
home computers: MSX was born... |
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MSX 2
After the (relative) success of the MSX 1 computer (in Japan, Europe
and South America), Microsoft and ASCII presented its successor... |
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MSX Turbo-R
The successor of the MSX 2+ and thus has many
characteristics in common. New features include: a new PCM sound
chip which can produce digitized sound up to 44 KHz... |
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Oric 1
This
British computer was one of the most popular computers in Europe in
the beginning of the 80's. It was a small computer, which was a
competitor of the Sinclair Spectrum... |
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Osborne
The Executive is the successor of the Osborne 1, from which it keeps
the good points and correct its flaws. More memory, bigger screen,
more powerful software and... higher price... |
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Philips P2000
The P2000 desktop series was the first Philips
attempt to penetrate the home computer market. It was released in
March 1980 in two version, the P2000M and the P2000T...
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PTC SOL - 10 / 20
The Sol Computer was developed by
Bob Marsh, Lee Felsenstein and Gordon French. Bob founded his
company, Processor Technology...
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Robotron KC85
The KC85/1 was originally
introduced as the HC-9001, "HC" meaning "Home Computer". But as the
industry demand for computers was so high, they even used these home
computers...
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SORD M5
The SORD M5 had no really great success
outside Japan (and later Czechoslovakia) but had lot of interesting
characteristics, very close to MSX computers released soon after...
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Spectravideo SV 318 / 328
The Spectravideo SV 328 was the
ancestor of the Spectravideo MSX SV-728 (it had the same case and
almost all its features) and the successor of the SV-318...
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TANDY MC10
The Tandy MC 10 (MC means
Micro Color) was designed as an "initiation" computer. It is
basically a cut down version of the Tandy "Coco" computers, but it
didn't have a great success...
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Tandy TRS-80 "COCO"
The
Color Computer (affectionately known as a Coco and formerly sold by
Tandy) has got to be the most underrated computer ever made. It was
based on the Motorola MC6809E...
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Tangerine Microtan 65
This computer is what is the
ZX-80 to the ZX-Spectrum, but for the Oric 1. Tangerine developed
this computer before they became Oric and produced the Oric-1...
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Thomson MO5
The MO-5 was presented alongside the TO
7/70, in march 1984. While the TO-7/70 follows and enhances the TO-7
philosophy, the MO-5 is more a cut-down version of the TO-7/70...
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Thomson TO7
The Thomson TO 7 is the first micro computer
conceived by Thomson and the first French micro-computer. This
computer, also called Thomson 9000 was mainly used in French schools
and had somehow a great success in France...
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Thomson TO8
The Thomson TO 8 is the successor of
the Thomson TO 7/TO 7/70. This machine was, like the Thomson MO 5
very used in French schools. It was compatible with the TO 7 and the
other members of its family...
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Video Technology 310
The Laser 310 is only an improved version of the
Laser 200/210. But both computers stay compatibles with each other,
for software and hardware.
The Laser 300/310 has a quite bad typewriter keyboard...
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