ZX-80
<computer> Sinclair's cheap personal computer with built-in BASIC,
launched at the end of January 1980 at a computer fair in Wembley, UK. The
processor was an NEC 780-C running at 3.25 MHz. It had 1KB of RAM, externally
expandable to 16KB, and 4KB of ROM. It had RF video output to a TV, displaying
24 lines by 32 characters of monochrome text. An audio cassette recorder was
used to save programs.
The ZX-80 was sold in kit form for £79.95 or ready-built for £99.95. It was used
by many UK hobbyists as a means of learning the basics of computing. Some
remember the 1KB ZX-80 for the claim in its advertising that you could control a
nuclear power station with it.
The ZX-80 was succeeded by the ZX-81.
http://home.t-online.de/home/p.liebert/zx80_eng.htm.
Planet Sinclair.
The Sinclair Story.
(2002-08-30)
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