Zx-80
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 c-ssette 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 (http://nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/).
the sinclair story (http://sincuser.f9.co.uk/046/sstory.htm).
(2002-08-30)
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