Vintage computers and game consoles, history, specs, repair and restoration.
Facts Type: developer board Manufacturer: Motorola Released: 1976 CPU: Motorola 6800 RAM: 256 bytes or 512 bytes ROM: 1 Kbyte Display: LED (7 segment, red color) Input: keyboard (hex and function keys) I/O interfaces: parallell, serial RS-232 for teletype terminal,
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Facts Type: Laptop Manufacturer: Apple Computer Released: 02-1991 (M1526) Discontinued: 10-1991 (M1526) CPU: 68000 @ 16 MHz Memory: 2 or 4 MB (expandable up to 8 MB using internal RAM card) Graphics: 640 x 400 pixel, 1 bit Display: 9.8″ b/w
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Released 1988: The Commodore PC20-III is a home/business desktop computer in the range of Commodore International’s IBM PC compatible line. PC-10-III and 20-III were re-designed Commodore PCs with smaller casing, more compact mainboard with many built-in features. Mainboard has onboard video
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Released 1986: The Macintosh Plus computer is the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced on January 16, 1986, two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K. As an evolutionary improvement
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Released 1994: The Power Macintosh 8100 (also sold in Japan as the Power Macintosh 8115 and with bundled server software as the Workgroup Server 8150) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer’s Power Macintosh series of
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Released 1986: The Macintosh 512K enhanced (512Ke) was introduced in April 1986 as a cheaper alternative to the top-of-the-line Macintosh Plus, which had debuted three months previously. Facts Type: All-in-one Manufacturer: Apple Computer Product family: Compact Macintosh Released: April 14,
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Released 1984: The Macintosh 512K is a personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from September 1984 to April 1986. It is the first update to the original Macintosh 128K. It was almost identical to
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Released 1989: The Macintosh SE/30 is a personal computer manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from January 1989 to October 1991. It is the fastest of the original black-and-white compact Macintosh series. Facts Type: All-in-one Manufacturer: Apple Computer Product family:
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Released 1987: When Amstrad took over Sinclair’s computer business in 1986, a change in direction for the Spectrum was not long forthcoming. In early 1987, the change came with the launch of the Spectrum +2. It was very different from any
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Released 1981: The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, best known as the IBM PC) is the first computer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981,
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Released 1981: The IBM Personal Computer/XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983. Except for the addition of a 10 MB hard drive as standard, and
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Released 1988: Compaq SLT was a line of laptop computers made by Compaq. Two models were produced in the SLT series. The first model, Compaq SLT/286, is considered to be one of the most notable units in laptop history due to
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Released 1984: The ZX Spectrum is a family of 8-bit personal home computers developed by Sinclair Research. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982. Many unofficial clones were released around the world throughout the 1980s. Referred
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Released 1982: The ZX Spectrum is a family of 8-bit personal home computers developed by Sinclair Research. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982. Many unofficial clones were released around the world throughout the 1980s. Referred
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Facts Type: Personal computer Released: July 23, 1985 Introductory price: US$1,285 (US$2,900 in 2017 equivalent) Discontinued: 1987 Operating system: AmigaOS 1.0 up to 1.3 CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.16 MHz (NTSC) 7.09 MHz (PAL) Memory: 256 KB +256 KB in
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Released 1989: The Amiga 2500, also known as the A2500, was an Amiga 2000 factory installed with a Motorola 68020 or 68030 CPU card with 2 MB or 4 MB 32 bit RAM (Fast RAM). It also came with an
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Released 1990: The Commodore Amiga 3000 is a personal computer released by Commodore in June 1990. It features improved processing speed, improved graphics rendering, and a new revision of the operating system. It is the successor to the Amiga 2000 and
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Facts Type: Personal computer Released: 1992 Discontinued: 1994 Introductory price: US$1,285 (US$2,900 in 2017 equivalent) Operating system: AmigaOS 3.0 (later 3.1) CPU: Motorola 68040 @ 25 MHz Memory: 2-18 MB Resolutions: 320×200 to 1504x576i Palette: 24-bit (16.8 million colors) Manufacturer:
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Commodore Released: April 1987 Discontinued: 1991 Introductory price: US$699 (US$1500, 2017 equivalent) Operating system: AmigaOS 1.2-1.3 ROM: 256 KB Kickstart 1.2-1.3 CPU: 68000 @ 7.16 MHz (NTSC), 7.09 MHz (PAL) Memory: 512 KB (9 MB
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Facts Manufacturer: Commodore Type: Home computer/Game console Generation: Fourth Released: March 1991 Introductory price: US$999 (~$1,757 in 2016) Media: CD-ROM OS: AmigaOS 1.3 + CDTV firmware CPU: 68000 @ ~7 MHz Memory: 1 MB (upgradable) Predecessor: Commodore 64 Games System
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Commodore Released: 1992 Discontinued: 1992 Operating system: AmigaOS 2.0 ROM: 512 KB Kickstart 2.04 CPU: 68000 @ 7.16 MHz (NTSC), 7.09 MHz (PAL) Memory: 1 MB (10 MB maximum, additional 128 MB possible with CPU
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Facts Manufacturer: Commodore Type: Home computer Released: March 1992 Discontinued: 1993 OS: AmigaOS 2.05 (up to 3.1 with ROM chip replacement) CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.16 MHz (NTSC) 7.09 MHz (PAL) Memory: 1 MB (Max 6 MB, more with unofficial
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Facts Manufacturer: Commodore Int. / Amiga Technologies GmbH (Escom) Type: Home computer Released: October 1992 Discontinued: 1996 (Demise of Escom) OS: AmigaOS 3.0-3.1 (Software upgrades for 3.5-3.9) CPU: 68EC020 @ ~14 MHz Memory: 2 MB – upgradable by further 8
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Facts Manufacturer: Commodore Product family: Amiga Type: Video game console Generation: Fifth generation era Release date: EU: September 17, 1993 Discontinued: April 1994 (Commodore defunct) Units sold: ~100,000 in Europe (unknown total) OS: AmigaOS 3.1 CPU: Motorola 68EC020 @ ~14
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Released 1980/81: The Commodore VIC-20, known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan, is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980. The VIC-20 was the first computer
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Facts Manufacturer: Commodore Type: Home computer Release: August 1982 Introductory price: US$595 (equivalent to $1,477 in 2016) Discontinued: April 1994 (Commodore dismiss) Units sold: ~17 million OS: Commodore KERNAL / BASIC 2.0, optionally GEOS, CP/M 2.2 (requires CP/M Z80 cartridge)
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Facts Type: Home computer Released: January 1985 Discontinued: 1989 Units sold: 4-5.7 million OS: Commodore BASIC 7.0, Commodore BASIC 2.0, CP/M 3.1 (3.0 in Commodore marketing) CPU: MOS 8502 @ 2 MHz, Zilog: Z80 @ 4 MHz Memory: 128 KB
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Facts Type: Personal computer Released: 1985 Discontinued: 1989 OS: Commodore BASIC 7.0, Commodore BASIC 2.0, CP/M 3.1 (3.0 in Commodore marketing) CPU: MOS 8502 @ 2 MHz, Zilog: Z80 @ 4 MHz Memory: 128 KB RAM, 2 KB color RAM
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Released 1986: The C64C is a redesign of the successful Commodore 64. Due to the light color and the slim cabinet it can be easily distinguished from the original C64 (“Breadbox”). According to the technical specifications there were no differences
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Facts Model: CBM 3032 (PET 2001-N 32) Type: Personal computer Manufacturer: Commodore Released: 1979 RAM: 32 KB (Model 3008 had 8 KB and 3016 had 16 KB) ROM: 20 KB CPU: 6502 @ ~1 MHz Text mode: 40 x 25
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Facts Model: CBM 8032 Type: Personal computer Manufacturer: Commodore Released: 1980 Discontinued: 1982 RAM: 32 KB (expandable to 96 KB) ROM: 20 KB CPU: MOS 6502 @ ~1 MHz Text mode: 80 x 25 (PETSCII) Resolution: 640 x 200 Graphics:
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Facts Released: 1984 OS: Commodore BASIC 3.5 Type: Home computer Memory: 16 KB RAM ROM: 32 KB CPU: MOS 7501 or 8501 @ ~1.76 MHz Resolutions: 160×200 (multicolor) / 320×200 (hires) Palette: 121 colors Text mode: 40×25 characters (PETSCII) Sound:
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Facts Type: Home computer Released: 1984 Introductory price: ~$299 Discontinued: 1985 OS: Commodore BASIC 3.5 CPU: MOS 8501 @ ~1.77 MHz Memory: 64 KB RAM ROM: 64 KB (Commodore BASIC 3.5 with machine code monitor, and TRI-Micro’s “3 Plus 1”
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Released 1985: The Commodore PC20-II is a home/business desktop computer in the range of Commodore International’s IBM PC compatible line. It’s an IBM PC XT clone running at 4.77 MHz, it came with an 20 MB hard drive, and an 5.25″DD
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Commodore Released: 1989 OS: Commodore MS-DOS CPU: 80286 @ 12 MHz Memory: 1 MB RAM (640 KB + 384 KB) Video: VGA (256 KB RAM) Graphics: VGA 320×200 (256 colors) to 640×480 (16 colors) Audio:
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Acorn Computers Released: December 1981 Discontinued: 1994 Introductory price: GBP 335 (Model B), increased to GBP 399 OS: Acorn MOS CPU: MOS Technology 6502/6512 @ 2 MHz Memory: 32 KB (Model B) ROM: 32 KB
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Amstrad Released: April 1984 Discontinued: November 1993 OS: AMSDOS Introductory price: 199 GBP (with green monitor), 299 GBP (with color monitor) CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4MHz Memory: 64 KB Palette: 27 colors Graphics: 160×200 in 16
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Facts Type: Portable computer Manufacturer: Osborne Computer Corp. Released: 1981 OS: CP/M 2.2 CPU: Z80 @ 4 MHz Memory: 64 KB RAM Sound: 1 bit beeper Video: 52 character x 24 line text mode Monitor: 5″ monochrome CRT (external 12″
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Facts Released: June 1985 Type: Personal computer Introductory price: US$799.99 (monochrome monitor), US$999.99 (color monitor) Manufacturer: Atari CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 8 MHz Memory: 512 KB OS: Atari TOS/GEM (Digital Research) ROM: 192 KB Built in media: 3.5″ 360 KB
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Released 1984: Tiki-100 is an CP/M 2.2 compatible personal computer manufactured by Tiki Data of Oslo, Norway. The computer was launched in the spring of 1984 under its original name Kontiki-100, and was first and foremost intended for the emerging
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Facts Type: Home computer Manufacturer: Texas Instruments Released: 1981 Discontinued: 1984 OS: TI BASIC CPU: TMS9900 @ 3 MHz Memory: 16 KB RAM (256 bytes scratchpad RAM) Resolutions: bitmap mode 256×192, text mode 40 x 24 characters Palette: 16 fixed
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Released 1983: The Apple IIe (styled as Apple //e) is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular
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Facts Type: Laptop Manufacturer: Apple Computer Released: 1989 Discontinued: 1991 OS: System 6.0.4 Introductory price: US$7,300 ($14,412 in 2017) CPU: 68000 @ 16 MHz Memory: 1 MB SRAM (expandable using internal RAM card) Graphics: 640 x 400 pixel, 1 bit
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Facts Type: Personal computer Manufacturer: Apple Computer Inc. Computer family: Macintosh II Released: Mars 1989 Price: 5369 USD (~11,074 USD in 2019) OS: System 6.0.3 – 7.5.5 CPU: Motorola 68030 @ 16 MHz FPU: 68882 @ 16 MHz Memory: 1 MB
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Released 1987: The Macintosh SE is a personal computer by Apple Computer, Inc. It marked a significant improvement on the Macintosh Plus design and was introduced by Apple at the same time as the “high-end” Macintosh II. Facts Type: All-in-one Manufacturer:
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Facts Type: All-in-one Manufacturer: Apple Computer Released: 1990 Discontinued: 1992 OS: System 6.0.7-7.5.5 Introductory price: $999 (no HDD and 1 MB RAM), $1499 (with 40 MB HDD and 2 MB RAM) CPU: 68000 @ 8 MHz Memory: 1 MB RAM
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Facts Type: All-in-one Manufacturer: Apple Computer Released: October, 1991 Discontinued: October, 1993 OS: System 6.0.8L- Mac OS 7.6.1 Introductory price: $1,899 ($2,399 with 4 MB RAM, 80 MB HDD) CPU: 68030 @ 16 MHz (16 bit data bus) Memory: 2
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Facts Type: Personal computer Manufacturer: Apple Computer Inc. Computer family: Macintosh Performa Released: July, 1994 Price: 1500-2250 USD OS: System 7.1.2P CPU: Motorola 68LC040 @ 33 MHz Memory: 4 MB (expandable to 36 MB or 52 MB in some versions) ROM:
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Facts Type: Laptop Manufacturer: Apple Computer Inc. Released: October, 1992 Discontinued: July, 1994 Price: 2610 USD OS: System 7.1-System 7.5.5 CPU: Motorola 68030 @ 33 MHz FPU: optional 68882 in dock Memory: 4 MB (expandable to 24 MB, Duo RAM card) ROM:
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Facts Type: Laptop computer Manufacturer: Toshiba Corporation Released: 1987 OS: MS-DOS 2.11 (built into ROM) CPU: 80C88 @ 4.77 MHz Memory: 512 kB RAM (expandable to 1.2 MB with optional card) ROM: 256 KB Graphics: CGA (16 kB RAM) Audio:
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Facts Type: Laptop Manufacturer: Toshiba Released: 1990 OS: Toshiba MS-DOS 4.01 CPU: Intel 80386SX @ 16 MHz FPU: socket for Intel 80387SX @ 16 Memory: 1 MB RAM (expandable to 13 MB with 3 x 4 MB cards) Video: VGA
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Released 1987: The Compaq Portable III is a PC/AT-clone computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs, however it was still quite large by today’s standards.
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Facts Type: Personal Computer Released: 1991 Model: 386 PC (Suntac-12 mainboard) CPU: Intel 80386@16 MHz Graphics: switchable EGA – VGA Memory: 2 MB (640 KB base) Sound: PC speaker 1 bit mono Released ~1991: My 386 PC seems like a
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Facts Type: Personal Computer Released: 1994 Model: AST Bravo LC 4/66d CPU: Intel i486DX2@66 MHz Graphics: VGA (1 MB DRAM) Memory: 8 MB (expandable to 64 MB) Storage: 404 MB IDE hard drive Sound: PC speaker 1 bit mono Price:
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Released ~1995: This Pentium 100 PC is one of the many typical “gray boxes” of the 90’s. I don’t know the company behind the box as it looks anonymous with no logo, it got a model number though and made
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Facts Model: Pong (Sears – 25796) / (Atari C-100) Manufacturer: Atari CPU: None (discrete, Pong chip) Video: Color Sound: Mono I/O ports: Two built in paddles Players: Two only Released: 1975 (through Sears) Released 1975: In 1974, Atari engineer Harold
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Facts Type: Video game console Released: 1977 Discontinued: 1992 Units sold: 30 million Manufacturer: Atari Generation: Second generation Introductory price: US$199 (equivalent $786 in 2016) Media: ROM cartridge (max 6 KB) CPU: 8-bit MOS 6507 @ 1.19 MHz Memory: 128
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Released 1996: The O2 was an entry-level Unix workstation by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) to replace their earlier Indy series. Like the Indy, the O2 used a single MIPS microprocessor and was intended to be used mainly for multimedia. Its larger
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Facts Type: Video game console Released: 1983 (Japan), 1985 (USA), 1986 (Europe), 1993 (Brazil) Discontinued: 2003 (Japan), 1995 (USA and Europe) Units sold: 62 million Manufacturer: Nintendo Generation: Third generation Introductory price: 179 USD (US Deluxe Set) Media: ROM cartridge
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Facts Manufacturer: Sega Type: Video game console Generation: Fourth generation era Release date: JP: June 1993, NA: November 1994, EU: 1994, KOR: 1995 Introductory price: JP¥13,440, US$139, CN¥690, US$49.95 (Majesco) Discontinued: JP: 2005, NA: February 1998, EU: 1998 Units sold:
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My arcade project and rebuild: This cabinet was more or less an empty shell when I first got it, and I rebuilt it as a two player “type” cabinet. I fitted a 25″ CRT picture tube from a donor TV-set
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Released 1987/88: Final Lap is a racing video game developed by Namco and released in Japan in 1987. It supported uptil eight simultaneously players in network and was maybe the first racing game with the “rubber band effect”, meaning the
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Released 1990: geoRAM is a 512 KB memory expansion for the C64 and C128 from the company Berkeley Softworks. During the chip shortages of the 1980s, Commodore could not produce enough of its RAM Expansion Units (they eventually cancelled them).
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Released 1982: The Commodore 64 CP/M cartridge was released shortly after the introduction of the C64 itself. The cartridge contained a Z80 CPU to run CP/M 2.2 operating system. The CP/M cartridge was cancelled around 1983 I think, and reportedly will
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Released 1992: The Amiga A570 is a single-speed external CD-ROM drive for the Amiga 500 computer launched by Commodore in 1992. It was designed to be compatible with Commodore CDTV software as well as being able to read ordinary ISO
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