Rockwell AIM 65
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 …
Oric-1
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 …
Oric Atmos
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 …
Elektor Junior
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 …
Acorn Atom
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 …
Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P
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, …
BBC Micro
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 …
Synertek SYM Model 1
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 …
Atari Asteroids
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 …
Tangerine Microtan 65
The Microtan 65 was introduced in 1979 and was sold as a kit for a very reasonable price of £59.95 + postage (pictured advert is September 1980). The CPU is …