Home computers in the catalog

  • Home computer · June 1977

    Apple II

    A 1.023 MHz 6502 home computer with configuration-dependent motherboard RAM and ROM-resident Integer BASIC.

    Apple Computer · 2 values · 7 unknown

  • Home computer · November 1979

    Atari 800

    An Atari 8 bit computer whose 6502 clock follows PAL or NTSC video timing.

    Atari · 5 values · 4 unknown

  • Home computer · December 1981

    BBC Micro Model B

    A 2 MHz 6502 home computer with 32 KiB RAM and the BBC Micro MOS/BASIC in ROM.

    Acorn Computers · 6 values · 4 unknown

  • Home computer · April 1982

    ZX Spectrum 48K

    A Z80A home computer with Sinclair BASIC in ROM and a ULA that drives the display. Each key carries a whole BASIC keyword, so a program is typed in rather than spelled out.

    Sinclair Research · 5 values · 3 unknown

  • Home computer · August 1982

    Commodore 64

    The best-selling home computer ever made: a 6510 at roughly 0.98525 MHz with 64 KiB of RAM, a video chip that doubles as the system clock master, and the SID sound chip.

    Commodore Business Machines · 7 values · 5 unknown

  • Home computer · 1983

    MSX

    A standard rather than one maker’s machine: Microsoft and ASCII specified a Z80A, a TMS9918A-compatible video processor and ROM-resident BASIC, and manufacturers across Japan and Europe built to it.

    MSX standard · 1 values · 7 unknown

  • Home computer · June 1984

    Amstrad CPC 464

    A Z80A home computer sold as a complete set, with Locomotive BASIC in ROM, a cassette deck built into the keyboard and its own monitor.

    Amstrad · 2 values · 6 unknown

  • Home computer · 1987

    Commodore Amiga 500

    A 68000 at around 7.09379 MHz with the Original Chip Set handling graphics, audio and I/O in parallel with the processor, and memory shared between them.

    Commodore-Amiga, Inc. · 4 values · 3 unknown

  • Home computer · October 1992

    Commodore Amiga 1200

    A 68EC020 at around 14.19 MHz with the AGA chipset and 2 MiB of 32 bit Chip memory.

    Commodore Business Machines · 6 values · 2 unknown

  • Home computer · October 1992

    Commodore Amiga 4000

    A modular AGA Amiga with a standard 68040 processor at 25 MHz, Chip memory shared with the custom chipset, and a CPU slot that later accepted 68060 accelerator cards.

    Commodore Business Machines · 5 values · 3 unknown

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