The AMI 65 – Rockwell R6500 Advanced Interactive Microcomputer – was a single-board 8-bit comptuer, complete with 20-column printer, 20-character display, detachable keyboard, Serial port, Parallel port, 4-Wire 20mA TTY port and when it came in the Rockwell enclosure, a PSU. 54-Key keyboard with 70 different functions, for Alphanumeric, Numeric Read more…
The Oric-1 was designed by the Tangerine Computer Systems under a new company name of Oric Products International Ltd. It is a simple 8-Bit computer, and is the predecessor to the Oric Atmos. The first thing you notice is how similar it is to the well-known ZX Spectrum, with the Read more…
The Oric Atmos was designed by the Tangerine Computer Systems under a new company name of Oric Products International Ltd. It is a simple 8-Bit computer, and is the successor to the Oric-1. The first thing you notice is how similar it is to the well-known ZX Spectrum, with the Read more…
The Elektor Junior is a small educational system with built-in LED display to show the memory contents. Designed and developed by Loys Nachtmann in 1980. It is almost an exact clone of the KIM-1 but with a few small changes. If you want to build your own Junior, there are Read more…
The Acorn Atom computer was built between 1980 and 1983. It was sold as a cost-effective home computer and included Acorns version of BASIC. The MC6847 graphics chip allowed both characters and graphics to be displayed. The Atom was the predecessor of the BBC Micro. Year 1980-1983 Make & Model Read more…
The Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P computer brought some new ideas to the home computer. For a start it is the first single-board computer produced, having the PSU, CPU, RAM, ROM, IO ports and keyboard all on one board. The Ohio Scientific also used custom-made IC’s to utilise the job of Read more…
The BBC Micro was designed and built by Acorn. It was a UK Government funded project to put computers into schools in the early 80’s. I remember using one myself at 5 years old back in 1989. The Micro has many names, BBC Microcomputer, just “BBC”, BBC Model A/B/B+. The Read more…
The Synertek SYM Model 1 is a single board computer, and designed to be very versatile, allowing the user to make use of its IO and expansion ports. The SYM has 1k RAM standard, but is expandable to 4k. It can use 8k of ROM. The SYM is very similar 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…
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.