todays computer: kosmos cp1/computer praxis
little is known about this computer. it use numeric keys to create strings and loops but impossable to program directly to the cpu
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Germany
YEAR
? 1980
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Machine code
KEYBOARD
Membrane keyboard, 57 keys
CPU
8049 (8-bit)
SPEED
6 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR
8155 (I/O)
RAM
256 bytes
ROM
Unknown
TEXT MODES
Small LED display
GRAPHIC MODES
None
COLORS
None
SOUND
None
POWER SUPPLY
External PSU, 8-14v
os: windows i286 ( 2.86)
release date: october 1981
end of production: 1984
similar to windows 3x but diffrent ms-dos prompt and fille viewers. also windows i286 was stored on 10 inch floppies and windows 3x used 5.12 inch floppies.
game console: snk neo geo pocket
Released towards the end of 1998 in Japan, the Neo Geo Pocket was yet another challenger to Nintendo's Game Boy. The Neo Geo Pocket had great battery life (even the Pocket Color managed around 40 hours from just two batteries!), an area where so many Game Boy competitors had failed, and a number of SNK's popular arcade games appeared on the system. But the sales figures were lower than SNK were expecting and the machine was discontinued after just a few months, only to be immediately replaced by the Neo Geo Pocket Color. Due to it's short lifespan the original Neo Geo Pocket was never released outside Asia. An unusual feature of the Neo Geo Pocket is that it's forwards compatible and is therefore able to play most (but not all) of the Neo Geo Pocket Color games
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1998
END OF PRODUCTION
1999
BUILT IN SOFTWARE / GAMES
None
CONTROLLERS
8-way thumbstick, 2 buttons + Option
CPU
Toshiba TLCS900H
SPEED
6.144 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR
Zilog Z80 @ 3.072 MHz
RAM
12 KB main, 4 KB sound
ROM
64 Kb
GRAPHIC MODES
160x152
COLORS
8 shades of grey
SOUND
6 channel PSG, stereo output
SIZE / WEIGHT
Unknown
I/O PORTS
Cartridge slot, 5 pin serial port
MEDIA
Cartridge, 4 MB max + 512 KB to 2 MB flash
NUMBER OF GAMES
40 (doesn't include later Pocket Color games)
POWER SUPPLY
2x AA batteries or power adapter
PERIPHERALS
Link cable, Dreamcast link cable
PRICE
Unknown
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
08/28/08
todays computer: thomson to-9
The Thomson TO9 had a short career and was quickly replaced with the Thomson TO9 plus. It was designed to be a "super" Thomson TO 7-70 and has lost of its characteristics. Some options were available : RS232c and joystick connector, modem or genlock. the very first version of the TO 9 (never marketed) had a 5.25" floppy disk drive. Contrary to the next Thomson series which have a sophisticated memory management, the TO 9 upper 64 KB ram are used as a ramdisk. It is provided with several utilities in ROM : two basics, a word processor (paragraphe) and a data base (fiche & dossiers), there were some problems with these utilities which couldn't be easy updated.
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
France
YEAR
1985
CPU
Motorola 6809 e
SPEED
1 MHz
RAM
128 KB (107 KB for the user)
ROM
136 KB
TEXT MODES
40 x 24 / 80 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
320 x 200 (16 colors) / 640 x 200 (2 colors) / 320 x 200 (4 colors) / 160 x 200
COLORS
from 2 to 16 among 4096
SOUND
three channels, 7 octaves
I/O PORTS
Light Pen, Joystick, Mouse, Centronics, Cardridge, Audio, Bus slots (3)
BUILT IN MEDIA
One 3.5'' disk-drive
os: mac os leopard (9.50)
this is the last verion of os 9 before mac osx (10.0)
release: novemder 11, 2003
for more info go to www.apple.ca
game system: sega mega drive II/genesis 2
The Mega Drive II is basically just a re-designed Mega Drive. The Mega Drive II was much smaller and squarer then the original Mega Drive. It did not have the headphone jack, volume control or RF TV output. The A/V port changed to a custom multi out port that now provided stereo sound to T.V's (previously only mono was output by the Mega Drive, the headphone jack had to be used for stereo sound). The power lead port was made smaller and a different AC adapter was used. Finaly the power switch was changed to a push button. Both the original Mega Drive and the Mega Drive II could be connected to a Sega CD and 32X add-ons. The Mega CD was even remodeled to better fit the Mega Drive II. A specific version of the Mega Adapter/Master System Converter was also designed.
YEAR
1993 (Japan) 1994 (Europe)
END OF PRODUCTION
1997
BUILT IN SOFTWARE / GAMES
None
CONTROLLERS
8-way d-pad, 3 buttons + Start
CPU
Motorola 68000
SPEED
7.67 MHz (NTSC), 7.61 MHz (PAL)
CO-PROCESSOR
Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz (NTSC), 3.55 MHz (PAL)
RAM
64 KB main, 8 KB secondary, 8 KB sound
VRAM
64 KB
GRAPHIC MODES
256x224, 320x224 (NTSC), 256x240, 320x240 (PAL)
COLORS
512 palette, 64 on screen
SOUND
Texas Instruments SN76489, 4 channel PSG + Yamaha YM2612, 6 channel FM
SIZE / WEIGHT
Unknown
I/O PORTS
Cartridge, RF out, AV out, power adapter, Expansion port, 2 controller ports
MEDIA
Cartridge
NUMBER OF GAMES
723? (total Mega Drive/Genesis games)
POWER SUPPLY
9/10v DC depending on model
PERIPHERALS
Mega CD II, 32X, Mega Adapter/Master System Converter
PRICE
£100 with Sonic compilation (UK, 1993)£120 with Mega Games 6 (UK, 1993)
The Thomson TO9 had a short career and was quickly replaced with the Thomson TO9 plus. It was designed to be a "super" Thomson TO 7-70 and has lost of its characteristics. Some options were available : RS232c and joystick connector, modem or genlock. the very first version of the TO 9 (never marketed) had a 5.25" floppy disk drive. Contrary to the next Thomson series which have a sophisticated memory management, the TO 9 upper 64 KB ram are used as a ramdisk. It is provided with several utilities in ROM : two basics, a word processor (paragraphe) and a data base (fiche & dossiers), there were some problems with these utilities which couldn't be easy updated.
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
France
YEAR
1985
CPU
Motorola 6809 e
SPEED
1 MHz
RAM
128 KB (107 KB for the user)
ROM
136 KB
TEXT MODES
40 x 24 / 80 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
320 x 200 (16 colors) / 640 x 200 (2 colors) / 320 x 200 (4 colors) / 160 x 200
COLORS
from 2 to 16 among 4096
SOUND
three channels, 7 octaves
I/O PORTS
Light Pen, Joystick, Mouse, Centronics, Cardridge, Audio, Bus slots (3)
BUILT IN MEDIA
One 3.5'' disk-drive
os: mac os leopard (9.50)
this is the last verion of os 9 before mac osx (10.0)
release: novemder 11, 2003
for more info go to www.apple.ca
game system: sega mega drive II/genesis 2
The Mega Drive II is basically just a re-designed Mega Drive. The Mega Drive II was much smaller and squarer then the original Mega Drive. It did not have the headphone jack, volume control or RF TV output. The A/V port changed to a custom multi out port that now provided stereo sound to T.V's (previously only mono was output by the Mega Drive, the headphone jack had to be used for stereo sound). The power lead port was made smaller and a different AC adapter was used. Finaly the power switch was changed to a push button. Both the original Mega Drive and the Mega Drive II could be connected to a Sega CD and 32X add-ons. The Mega CD was even remodeled to better fit the Mega Drive II. A specific version of the Mega Adapter/Master System Converter was also designed.
YEAR
1993 (Japan) 1994 (Europe)
END OF PRODUCTION
1997
BUILT IN SOFTWARE / GAMES
None
CONTROLLERS
8-way d-pad, 3 buttons + Start
CPU
Motorola 68000
SPEED
7.67 MHz (NTSC), 7.61 MHz (PAL)
CO-PROCESSOR
Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz (NTSC), 3.55 MHz (PAL)
RAM
64 KB main, 8 KB secondary, 8 KB sound
VRAM
64 KB
GRAPHIC MODES
256x224, 320x224 (NTSC), 256x240, 320x240 (PAL)
COLORS
512 palette, 64 on screen
SOUND
Texas Instruments SN76489, 4 channel PSG + Yamaha YM2612, 6 channel FM
SIZE / WEIGHT
Unknown
I/O PORTS
Cartridge, RF out, AV out, power adapter, Expansion port, 2 controller ports
MEDIA
Cartridge
NUMBER OF GAMES
723? (total Mega Drive/Genesis games)
POWER SUPPLY
9/10v DC depending on model
PERIPHERALS
Mega CD II, 32X, Mega Adapter/Master System Converter
PRICE
£100 with Sonic compilation (UK, 1993)£120 with Mega Games 6 (UK, 1993)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
linuxavenger's computer,os and game system of the day
linuxavenger's computer of the day: sinclair zx80
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
YEAR
February 1980
END OF PRODUCTION
1981
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Sinclair Basic
KEYBOARD
Membrane keyboard, 40 keys, 1 SHIFT key
CPU
NEC 780C-1 (Z80 compatible)
SPEED
3.25 MHz
RAM
1 KB, 901 bytes available (upgradable to 64 KB)
ROM
4 KB. Can be expended to 8 KB, thereby making it almost a ZX81
TEXT MODES
32 chars. x 22 lines
GRAPHIC MODES
64 x 44 dots
COLORS
Monochrome
SOUND
None
SIZE / WEIGHT
21,9 (W) x 17,5 (D) x 4 (H) cm / 375 gr
I/O PORTS
Z80 Bus, tape, TV/RF video
POWER SUPPLY
9v DC, external PSU
PERIPHERALS
16 KB RAM extension
PRICE
Kit model: £79.95 (UK, 1980) 255 (Germany, 1980) Assembled model : £99.95 (UK, 1980), 190 (France, 1980)16K RAM module: 127 (Germany)
os (operation system): linux v1.0
as far as i know, you had to use a grub prompt to install a hardrive and other peripherals.
released: october 15, 1997
more info needed! please contact me at alex@iammexx.com if you have more info!
game system: gameboy (original)
this is the first gameboy, which was in monocrome. many great games were released like: legend of zelda, super mario bros deluxe and metroid. most games compatable with gameboy pocket and gameboy color, athoughy the game were usualy only 1 color.
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
YEAR
February 1980
END OF PRODUCTION
1981
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Sinclair Basic
KEYBOARD
Membrane keyboard, 40 keys, 1 SHIFT key
CPU
NEC 780C-1 (Z80 compatible)
SPEED
3.25 MHz
RAM
1 KB, 901 bytes available (upgradable to 64 KB)
ROM
4 KB. Can be expended to 8 KB, thereby making it almost a ZX81
TEXT MODES
32 chars. x 22 lines
GRAPHIC MODES
64 x 44 dots
COLORS
Monochrome
SOUND
None
SIZE / WEIGHT
21,9 (W) x 17,5 (D) x 4 (H) cm / 375 gr
I/O PORTS
Z80 Bus, tape, TV/RF video
POWER SUPPLY
9v DC, external PSU
PERIPHERALS
16 KB RAM extension
PRICE
Kit model: £79.95 (UK, 1980) 255 (Germany, 1980) Assembled model : £99.95 (UK, 1980), 190 (France, 1980)16K RAM module: 127 (Germany)
os (operation system): linux v1.0
as far as i know, you had to use a grub prompt to install a hardrive and other peripherals.
released: october 15, 1997
more info needed! please contact me at alex@iammexx.com if you have more info!
game system: gameboy (original)
this is the first gameboy, which was in monocrome. many great games were released like: legend of zelda, super mario bros deluxe and metroid. most games compatable with gameboy pocket and gameboy color, athoughy the game were usualy only 1 color.
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