The SGS NBZ80-S is also known as the “Nanocomputer Training System”. It is designed by SGS in Italy, and is a Zilog 80 development computer. The kit comes complete with a full user manual and teaching guide, designed to allow the user test all features of a Zilog 80 CPU Read more…
The Amstrad CPC6128 was the first PC I personally owned. As the name suggests, it has 128kBytes of RAM. It also came with a built-in 360k 3″ floppy drive, used almost exclusively with Amstrad computers. Its incompatibility with other computers was one of its downfalls. It was neither suited for Read more…
The Atari 520STFM model is almost identical to the original 520ST, but with the addition of a 720k Floppy drive and TV Modulator (F and M). The 520ST was a decent machine back in the day when it was released in 1985. The Motorola 68000 CPU at 8MHz was about Read more…
The HP 5036A Microprocessor Lab is a development kit computer for the Intel 8085 CPU. Supplied in its own brief case, the computer comes with a PSU and CPU board. It has a 4-digit Address/Register 7-segment display and a 2-digit Data 7-segment display. It features a 26-key keypad. The computer Read more…
The SIM 8-01 Development System boards were purchased by Static Devices Ltd back in 1973 and used to develop and create a computer control system called the CP-9000 by Static Devices Ltd. The SIM 8-01 system was first introduced in 1972, it was the first use of the 8 bit Read more…
The CP-9000 was a computer designed by Static Devices Ltd, Banbury back in the 70s, it was designed to control a waste coffee processing plant, a product used in the farm foods industry. The computer was used predominately for integrating multiple conveyor systems (as many as 50 at one time). Read more…
Texas Instruments 99/4A released in June 1981 is not your typical home 8-bit computer. It is in fact the worlds first 16-bit home computer. This little computer also boasted dedicated hardware sprite support, 4-channel sound and bitmap mode graphics. The cartridge allowed 38k ROM to be inserted. Built-in languages included Read more…
The Sirius 1 is a computer built to be a competitor to the IBM XT (though it was not fully IBM-compatible). The computer and the Sirius company was formed by Chuck Peddle and Chris Fish. Chuck was famous for heading the design team to create the MOS 6502 CPU, one Read more…
The Cambridge Computer Z88 is an early tablet style portable computer. It uses a low-power CMOS version of the Zilog 80 CPU. Cambridge Computer was another company owned by Clive Sinclair, though technically seperate to Sinclair.
The Apricot Portable, manufactured by the UK Company ATC in 1984, contained some interesting features for its time. First of all there was the Infra Red Keyboard. This provided a wireless link between the keyboard and the computer. Then there was the speech recognition software. After spending all day getting Read more…