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Atari 7800
After the commercial failure of the Atari 5200, the successor model Atari 7800 relied on the buyership of the Atari 2600 – the console has its own module …
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Commodore 116
The C116 is the smallest home computer in Commodore's 264 series compared to the C16 and Plus/4. Similar to the VC-20, it is designed in terms of price and …
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Commodore 16 (C16)
The Commodore 16 was the third member of the Commodore 264 range, alongside the Commodore 116 and Plus/4. It was intended to succeed the Commodore VC 20, but …
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Commodore Magic Voice Speech Module for C64
Voice output on computers has a long tradition. Before the computers were powerful for a software solution and offered good audio playback, it was hardware …
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Commodore Plus/4
Commodore planned the Plus/4 as a cost-effective successor to the Commodore 64. The cost-effective production costs could be realized by reducing the chips …
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Commodore SFD 1001
The SFD 1001 is a Commodore floppy drive with IEEE-488 interface. A floppy disk holds about 1 MB, a multiple of the 1541.
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Game Pocket Computer
Epoch's Game Pocket Computer is far ahead of its time: With an LCD screen with no color representation and a resolution of 75 x 64 pixels, as well as the use …
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Exelvision EXL 100 and Exeltel
The EXL 100 is a French home computer from 1984. It was developed by Exelvision, a company of former Texas Instruments engineers, among them Jacques Palpacuer …
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Family BASIC
To appeal to computer users, Nintendo developed the Family Basic Keyboard with Hudson Soft and Sharp Corporation. The keyboard and supplied software cartridge …
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Husky Hunters Husky Hunter 2
Husky Hunter 2: the device entry with a picture gallery of the computer and a further link.
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IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155
In February 1984, IBM released the Portable Personal Computer, model 5155, as a portable version of its PC. It responded to the successful Compaq Portable with …
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Koala Technologies KoalaPad Touch Tablet
The KoalaPad is a drawing tablet for the home computer and an extension for the popular drawing program KoalaPainter or KoalaPaint. Koala Technologies produced …
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Matra Alice 90
The Alice 90, released in late 1984, is the last computer in the Alice series from French company Matra. Matra and publisher Hachette jointly built the first …
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Memotech MTX 500/MTX 512
The British company Memotech -- after first producing hardware extensions for Sinclair computers -- developed exactly one home computer: the MTX. It is …
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NDR Small Computers
In 1984, NDR’s schools television service, led by Joachim Arendt, broadcast the 15-minute series “Einführung in die Mikroelektronik”, also known as “NDR …
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Oric Atmos
The Oric Atmos was launched in 1984 and is the successor to the Oric-1 published by the British company in 1983. They do not differ in hardware; both have a …
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RC-1000 Wrist Terminal
The Japanese Seiko Holdings K.K., or Seiko for short, was created in 1881 from a watch repair business. In 1973 Seiko launched the first digital clocks, and …
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Schneider CPC464, GT65-2 Green Monitor
The Schneider CPC464 (CPC for Colour Personal Computer) is the German version of the Amstrad CPC464 with minimal adaptation for the German market (shielding) …
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Sega SG-1000 II
The SG-1000 is the first Sega released game console to appear on the same day as Nintendo's Famicom. The system is flopping, which gives Sega managing director …
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Sinclair QL
With the Sinclair QL, the British company Sinclair is entering new territory after the great success in the home computer sector. The Sinclair QL is one of the …
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Open pageSmall computer KC85/2
The KC 85 was a popular small computer from the former GDR. It was built by the VEB Mikroelektronik company "Wilhelm Pieck" in Mühlhausen. In schools in …
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Spectravideo SVI-328 MKII
The SVI-328 MKII from Spectravideo International Ltd. is an American home computer from 1984. Visually compared to the predecessor, the Spectravideo SVI-328 …
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Thomson MO5
The Thomson MO5 is a French home computer with Motorola 6809E. It is known for its Informatique pour tous school program.
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Tomy Electronic Sucharakabot
The Sucharakabot, known outside Japan as Crackbot, is a small toy robot. Powered by batteries, it travels over smooth surfaces, moving its head and upper body …
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Open pageUnimex Duplicator
Original modules for the Atari 2600 cost between 89,- and 149,- DM. And so in 1984 the German company UNIMEX brought a copy station to the trade at the …
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Yamaha CX5M and CX5MII/128
The Yamaha Music Computer CX5M has been explicitly designed as a music computer and the sound possibilities with an 8-voice FM synthesizer can be heard. Three …
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ZX Spectrum+
After the Spectrum got competition with home computers like the C64, Sinclair gave the ZX Spectrum 48K a better keyboard (like the QL) and introduced the ZX …
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