20 Mar
1997
20 Mar
'97
9:09 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Spence [SMTP:ds_spenc@alcor.concordia.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 21, 1997 8:34 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Laser500
I will check this but I this it has a Z80 ...
sorry I don't have a single line of doc for my machines.
> are you sure the VZ200 is from Video Technologies?
I have one new in box
> with 16kB RAM but there is no reference to Video Technologies on the case.
Well, my source for this info was the March, 1983
issue of COMPUTE!
magazine, in the article entitled "New Home Computers At The Winter
Consumer Electronics Show":
"....Three new computers reatiling for $99 were
shown at the show,
including the first one with color.
The colour model is the VZ200, the first home computer from Video
Technologies Ltd., a company with two factories in Hong Kong. Promised
for delivery by April, the VZ200 comes with 4K of RAM, expandable to 16K
($45) or 64K (price not yet determined)...."
That sounds correct - HongKong is mentioned on the box. Maybe Video Technologies
was a unkown name at this time. I have the 16k-Ram Expansion card you mention
so it looks like that this announce was not completely vapourous ...
I have four
LASER 500 with LASER Tapes. Anyone heard of these?
Well, obviously I haven't. :) Is the Laser 500 an Apple-compatible
machine, or is it something entirely different? I'd like
instructions on
how to use the SOUND, NOISE, SOUND DEF, and SOUND TEMPO extended
BASIC
commands if you have such information. Also PAINT, as I haven't yet
figured out the syntax for that one, either. LASER Tapes? Did the Laser use something other than
standard audio
cassettes?
No I don't think so - but they have made a special cassett-player.
Does anyone know how to load a file from a tape with a LASER?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca