The Sharp MZ-80B was released in 1981. It was designed to be an all-inclusive computer with computer, monitor, keyboard and casette recorder all in one. It uses a Zilog 80 CPU and had 48k RAM (~32k useable). Its higher price range meant it was used by businesses more than the Read more…
Released in 1979, Asteroids has become one of the all time best arcade games. Designed by Lyle Rains, Ed Logg, and Dominic Walsh, it is a space shooter game, based on shooting large asteroids which progressively reduce in size, but also split in half. Being hit by one removes a Read more…
This machine was quite advanced for its time. Using Intel’s 8080 CPU and the S-100 Bus system. It was a clone of the Altair 8800 machine, becomming a low-cost alternative.
CPU: Intel 8080Speed: 2MHzFeatures: S-100 Bus System The Altair 8800 by MITS may not look like much, and being from 1974 it couldn’t do very much, however a small 2-man software company developed and sold their first piece of software for this machine. They called themselves Microsoft.
Morrows sold this S100 bus system under the brand Thinker Toys. It is an 8080 CPU with the possibility of several add-ons and upgrades. Machine 1 Machine 2
The Sol 20 Terminal Computer was the first fully assembled and ready-to-go Microcomputer you could buy. Before this came along, you had to build your own. It has an Intel 8080 CPU running at 2MHz, and came with 1k of RAM. It also has S-100 Bus System for expansion cards. Read more…
The Super Elf is from 1977. It was a training kit for teaching people how to program. In its basic form it is a Single-Board computer, but it can be expanded to include a S-100 bus, additional RAM, ROM, Take cassette interface etc. Very simiar in design to the KIM-1. Read more…
First introduced in 1977 the Mk14 was sold as a kit via mail order and retailed at £39.95 + postage. The CPU was a National semiconductor INS8060n SC/MP, it had 256 bytes RAM, expandable to 640 bytes.. Input was through a keypad with 20 keys and it also has a Read more…
The KIM-1 (Keyboard Input Monitor) was a MOS Technologies inc. product from 1976. It uses a MOS 6502 CPU. It is a Single-Board Computer. An adaptor was abailable to allow a S-100 interface. Our KIM-1 has been carefully placed inside a handy wooden box.