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Compucolor Corporation

8001 / 8051

The Compucolor 1 was the first world integrated system which includes a graphic colour display. It came with a flicker-free 75 Hz band width monitor and an external floppy tape drive using continuous loop 8 tracks tape cartridges, the same that the ones used in the radio systems of the time with 1 MB storage capacity and a transfer 'speed' of 600 char./second. The system could be expanded with additional ROM and RAM.

 
NAME   8001 / 8051
MANUFACTURER   Compucolor Corporation
TYPE   Home Computer
ORIGIN   U.S.A.
YEAR   1975
BUILT IN LANGUAGE   Basic 8001
KEYBOARD   74 keys mechanical keyboard with numeric and arrows keypads
CPU   Intel 8080
RAM   8 Kb. expandable to 24 Kb.
VRAM   8 Kb.
ROM   11 Kb. expandable to 33 Kb.
TEXT MODES   48 lines of 80 chars.
GRAPHIC MODES   160 x 192 dots
COLORS   8
SOUND   Unknown
I/O PORTS   34 I/O ports
BUILT IN MEDIA   External floppy tape unit (8-tracks cartridges)
POWER SUPPLY   Built-in P.S.U.
PERIPHERALS   Diskette drive, light-pen
PRICE   $2750 (May 1977)


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