Year: 1983 Initial Price: Unknown CPU HD61913 CMOS VLSI SPEED 455 kHz, ceramic resonator used as system clock RAM 2 KB (1568 bytes for BASIC) ROM 12 KB SIZE / WEIGHT 173 x 90 (D) x 20 (H) mm / 258 g (with batteries) I/O PORTS 12-pin expansion port for cassette interface POWER SUPPLY…
Commodore PET 4032
YEAR:1980 INITIAL PRICE: US $1,295 equivalent of $3,772 in 2016 4032 refers to 40 character display, with 32K RAM memory. The PET 4032 was released three years after the original PET 2001. Although it has the same CPU running at the same speed, improved circuitry allows the 4032 to run substantially faster. Other improvements include more memory and a…
Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40
Initial year: 1983 Initial Price: $249.95 The Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 or CC-40 is a battery-operated portable computer that was manufactured and released by Texas Instruments in March 1983. Priced at US$249, it weighs 600 grams (22 ounces) and can be powered by four AA batteries or an AC adapter. It was intended as a portable business computer, and uses TI’s TMS70C20 CPU,…
CIP-03 Electronica
YEAR: 1988 INITIAL PRICE: 15 000 lei, aprox. $500 US Dollars A Romanian Sinclair ZX-Spectrum clone made from 1988 by Electronica CIE and sold only in Romania in blue or red case colour version. In fact, the colors only differed on the keyboard marquee, the case color being the same. On the red version the background…
ZX Spectrum +
YEAR: 1984 INITIAL PRICE: $ 210 Planning of the ZX Spectrum+ started in June 1984, and it was released in October the same year. This 48 KB Spectrum (development code-name TB) introduced a new QL-style case with an injection-moulded keyboard and a reset button that was basically a switch that shorted across the CPU reset capacitor. Electronically, it was identical to…
ZX Spectrum
YEAR: 1982 INITIAL PRICE: £175 The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks ˈspɛktrəm/) is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. It was manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, in the now closed Timex factory. ZX Spectrum 1982 ZX Spectrum Developer Sinclair Research Manufacturer Timex Corporation Type Home computer Generation 8-bit Release date United Kingdom: 23 April 1982; 35 years ago…
Playstation 1
YEAR: December 1994 (Japan) INITIAL PRICE: $299 The PlayStation (officially abbreviated to PS, and commonly known as the PS1 or PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The PlayStation is the first “computer entertainment platform” to ship 100 million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. In 2000, a redesigned, slim version called…
ATARI 2600 (30 million units sold)
YEAR: 1979 to 1992 INITIAL PRICE: $199 (equivalent to $786.49 in 2016) Manufacturer Atari Type Home video game console Generation Second Generation Retail availability NA: September 11, 1977 EU: 1978 JP: October 1983 (Atari 2800) Introductory price US$199 (equivalent to $786.49 in 2016) Discontinued January 1, 1992[1] Units sold 30 million (As of 2004)[2] Media ROM cartridge, Tape CPU 8-bit MOS 6507 @ 1.19 MHz Memory 128…
Apple Powerbook 140
Initial Price: US$3,199 Year: October 1991 The PowerBook 140 was released in the first line of PowerBooks. It was the mid-range PowerBook, between the low-end 100 and the high-end 170. Component Processor: Motorola 68030, running at 16 MHz RAM: 2 MB on board, can be expanded to 8 MB ROM: 1 MB Hard disk: 20-80 MB Floppy disk: 1.44 MB Superdrive Systems supported: System…
IBM PS/2 Model 30 (8530)
Year: 1987 Initial Price: $6999 The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was IBM‘s third generation of personal computers. Released in 1987, it officially replaced the IBM PC, XT, AT, and PC Convertible in IBM’s lineup. The PS/2 line was created by IBM in an attempt to recapture control of the PC market by introducing an…
The X86 Generation 