24 Jun
2011
24 Jun
'11
12:31 p.m.
On 2011 Jun 24, at 12:09 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 6/24/11 3:06 PM, Dan Roganti wrote:
According to an ad in Kilobaud (Issue #5, May 77) the Compucolor 8001
had ".. 8080 CPU, 8 color CRT Terminal, 8K RAM Workspace, .. 48 Line *
80 Characters/Line, .. Graphics Mode with 160 * 192 Elements".
Targeting their market, the screen in the ad displays a color graphic
of the Star Trek Enterprise.
As for the early microcomputers, I still prefer
the Compucolor I
(model 8001
or 8051) over that any day of the year. It was made the same year in
'75,
but this was a 8080 based system. The model 8051 also came with a 19"
screen. They even had hi-res color graphics. Quite impressive for
it's day
as a microcomputer. I still remember seeing this at the Computer Mart
store
in NYC. From what I hear, this is hard to find.
I've never seen one in person, but it sounds pretty impressive. Any
idea what the resolution and depth of the video subsystem was?