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 Sinclair
ZX81, Clive's results of getting a computer
that could be purchased for under £99, the
cheaply made computer with limited
programming language, no colour and a touch
pad keyboard low memory but a must for those
learning to use a computer or wanted one for
them selves
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Z80
Processor |
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1K RAM, 4K
ROM |
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CASSETTE /
CARTRIDGES |
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SINCLAIR
BASIC |
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 Intertec
Superbrain 2, the particular model I had was
rare as it had a 3D graphics card which made
the computer quite unique and VERY rare
however the computer was dismantled in the
90s and never seen again.
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Dual Z80 Processors |
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64K RAM, ???? ROM |
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2 x 160k 5 1/4 inch floppies |
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Digital Research CP/M 3 |
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When Clive Sinclair
sold the rights to manufacture the
ZXSPECTRUM to Amstrad more or less Sinclair
concentrated on other products such as the
C5 and satellite systems and really returned
back to computers. Amstrad only
brought a few various models to the Spectum
then drop the project the Sinlciair SAM in
the 90s.
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Z80
Processor |
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16, 48 & 128K
models |
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+2
(cassette) +3 (disk) |
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Sinclair
BASIC |
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Sinclair
ZXSpectrum, Clive's attempt to make the BBC
for schools project with the Spectrum
however a Acorn beat them to the job and
alas the BBC computer was born! did
not make Clive very happy!
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Z80
Processor |
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16K, 48K
and 128K models
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Cassette
or Carts optional |
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Sinclair
BASIC |
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Sinclair
ZXSpectrum 128, Trying to make there
products look more professional and
futuristic they come up with version which
basically was the 48K model in a new case
however Sinclair did produce a 128K model as
well which seemed to be more popular.
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Z80
Processor |
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48K & 128K |
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Cassette
or Carts optional |
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Sinclair
BASIC |
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 Apple
Macbook
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Motorola 68000 (8 Mhz) |
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64MB RAM |
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1 x 1.44 Floppy Drive, addition
ports for docking |
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MAC OS |
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 CBM
16+4, Commodores first production computer
aimed at the business market, however was
not as popular as expected and ended up at
jumble sales and car boots.
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Motorola 6502 |
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64K RAM |
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Disk and Cartridges optional |
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CBM BASIC 1.0 (MICROSOFT) |
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 Amstrad
PCW 8256, Aimed more for the business sector
the PCW series computer contained 1 or 2
floppy drives and 256 or 512 K memory,
mainly a emulated version of CP/M used in
offices as a workprocessor, it was supplied
with a printer and boot disks.
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Z80 CPU |
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256K (8256), 512K (8512), 512K
(9512) |
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8256 (1 drive), 8512 and 9512
had 2 drives. |
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Locomotive OS or CP/M 2.2 |
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 MZ-700
B, a limited but powerful rival to the MSX
series of computers however it was chosen as
more of a business computer than a games
computer it run quite a basic cassette os
and the programming language was very
powerful .
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Z80 CPU |
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80K or 64K |
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MZ-700A, MZ-700B(CASS),
MZ-700C(CASS+PRN) |
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SHARP MOS 1.6 |
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 Toshibas
version of the popular MSX series of
enhanced computers popular with gaming and
development markets.
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Z80
Processor |
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64K, 128K |
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disks 3
1/2 or 5 1/4 |
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Microsoft
BASIC |
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 Latitude
XP, CPI to be honest I got a loads of these
laptops ranging from the 486 to Pentium 3s
limited, they do have a power issue common
to the latitudes! but they were
popular.
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INTEL
PENTIUM 100 - 433 Mhz |
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32MB -
512MB |
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1 x 1.44
floppy and harddrives up to 8 GB
storage |
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Windows 95,
98
and XP |
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 Atari
400, a simple cheaply made computer
unfortunatly mainly used for gaming.
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Z80 or
6502 not sure |
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4K or less |
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cartridges |
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 IBM
AT, my first true PC I got one for my 18th
Birthday and using them ever since, very
limited bios only allowed 720K disk to
format and 1.2MB floppies. Its was quite a
good learning curve and taught me quite a
bit about operating systems and hardware.
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INTEL 80286-12Mhz |
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1152K (512 OB + 640 EXP) |
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1 x 720k, 1 x 1.2MB, 30MB HDD |
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DOS 3.30-DOS 6.22 and Windows
3.0 |
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 Mono
based computer very old and very limited in
hardware.
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INTEL 8086 |
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256K |
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1 x 1.2MB, 10MB HDD |
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DOS 3.30-DOS 6.22, MONO CRT |
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G5,
This was a repair of the OS after about a
year of trying to get it too work finally
got it working.. Various issue to do
with account details!
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INTEL PENTIUM 4 version |
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512MB |
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80GB HDD, BLUETOOTH, WIFI, 19"
screen |
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MAC OS X |
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G3
classic, dismantled many years ago.
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68000 |
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256MB |
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CDROM, 30 GB HDD |
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MAC OS |
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 Electron,
the cheaper version of the BBC Micro which
was popular to schools during the 80s, the
Electron was a cheaper version of the BBC B
boasting the same power but for less than
the BBC price, the hardware was similar but
various graphic chips, memory and system
roms were not compatibility with Electron.
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6502 or 6510 |
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16K or 32K |
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CASSETTE and CARTRIDGES |
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BBC BASIC |
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 Einstein
or TC01, this computer started the ball
rolling with me starting me programming,
this was also the first computer I ever
saved up for and purchased back in 1989 and
was a good choice as the Einstein had disk
drives instead of rival computer
manufacturers using cassette storage for the
more price, I managed to buy my first in
September 1989 for the Price of £109.99p
instead of a Sinclair QL which was £99.99 at
the time, so I opted to buy the Einstein and
never looked back, the original Einstein was
sold during the 90s but I was able to obtain
a brand new boxed model from Ebay in 2006
for £49.99 which was amazing, also it has
the original warrenty and receipt of
purchase which was Jan 6, 1984 and cost
£499.99.
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Zilog Z80 4Mhz |
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80K |
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2 x 250K 3" Floppy drives |
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XTAL CRYSTAL DOS/MOS 1.0, CP/M
2.2 |
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CPC
6128, classic and popular computer unlike
the CPC464 and 664 the 6128 had a disk drive
and 128k as the other two models had
64K and one had a disk drive.
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Z80 |
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128K |
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1 x 250K 3" FLOPPIES |
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Locomotive BASIC and CP/M in rom
addon. |
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POCKET
PC - VERY LIMITED NOT MUCH POWER
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BBC
Master 128, this was Acorn last versions of
the BBC until they started producing the
Archimedes and ARM based computers, there were a few
different versions of the BBC Master
including a Z80 version and also 512K of memory versions also came as the BBC
Master Compact which had various hardware
heating issues.
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65## |
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128K, 256K or 512K |
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Various |
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Depending on ROMS usually MOS
and BBC BASIC |
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520STFM,
Atari made various version of this to
compete against Commodore Amiga and the
Macintosh graphic interface, the OS was
originally designed by Digital Research
which was at one time the largest supplier
of OS in the world before Microsoft released
DOS, there OS CP/M was the first to run on
and make compatible systems.
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MOTORLA 68000 |
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512K or 1024K - max 4MB |
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1 x 720K / with HDD if installed |
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DR GEM / ATARI MOS |
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800XL,
the 800 XL was quite a nice little home
computer, my mate had one and I wanted one
so I got one, did not really program this..
still got a 600XL somewhere!
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6502 |
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16 or 64K |
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various |
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ATARI BASIC |
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800,
this was given to me in 1993 as a partial
payment for a computer job along with a few
others.
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6502 |
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8K |
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various |
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ATARI BASIC |
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400,
this was given to me in 1993 as a partial
payment for a computer job along with a few
others.
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6502 |
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4K |
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various |
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ATARI BASIC |
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 Contura
- Not much power limited features
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INTEL 386 |
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4MB |
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400MB HDD, DISK |
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DOS/WINDOWS 3.11 |
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Armada
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INTEL PENTIUM 450 |
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512MB |
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20GB HDD, DISK, CDROM |
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WINDOWS XP |
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 HEAVY
PC!
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INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.4Ghz |
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1048MB |
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80GB, 1.44 Disk, DVD-RW |
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WINDOWS XP |
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 Aspire
9300, my current most used laptop I own,
this one has had more screens and lids than
any other laptop I have had but its because
it been the most reliable one I have owned.
Unfortunatly update : My GPU is faulty now
due to a power issue ... the screens
contrast and pages look off set now.
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AMD TURION X2 2.0 Ghz |
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3GB MEMORY |
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160GB HDD |
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Windows Vista, Windows 7 and XP |
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PC
1248
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CMOS |
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8K |
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Various, mainly Flash |
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SHARP BASIC |
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Amiga
1200, unlike the Amiga 500 this model was
not as popular but had plenty of memory and
addition peripherals can be added such as
harddrives and cdroms.
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MOTORLA 68000 |
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2MB |
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various |
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WORKBENCH 3 |
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Commdore
64A, the popular selling computer of the
time and possibly of all time, the 64 was a
unique selling system to CBM and they
produced this limited model new case as the
other looked very bulky.
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MOTORLA 6502 |
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64K |
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various |
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COMMODORE BASIC |
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Commdore
Amiga 600, unlike 500 and 1200 the 600 was
not as popular and issues of compatibility
was a known problem
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MOTORLA 68000 |
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2MB |
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various |
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WORKBENCH 2 |
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Commodore
Amiga 500, by far the original and best of
the Amiga, the 1000 was the business edition
but the Amiga 500 sold better as a games
computer and made commodore a leading player
in 16bit computer during that time until the
Nes and Master system came on sale.
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MOTORLA 68000 |
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512 - 1024MB |
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various |
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WORKBENCH 1.2~1.4 |
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Commdore
PC 386
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INTEL 386 |
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2MB |
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DISK, HDD 1.0 GB |
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DOS |
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Atari
65XE, to be honest this was more my
ex-partners computer.
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6502 |
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64K |
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CASSETTE |
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ATARI BASIC 1.0 |
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Commodore
64 - Commodore 64 was the best selling
computer of all time.
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MOTORLA 6502 |
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64K |
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various |
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COMMODORE BASIC |
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