Mitac LIC-2001A Little Intelligent Computer

It's rare that I find a unique and interesting computer these days. This Mitac LIC-2001A Little Intelligent Computer is one such. Apparently, it was marketed in Japan because it has the Katakana (I think) character set painted onto the keycap fronts, but otherwise is a standard QWERTY keyboard layout. The back connectors include: 1) Power 2) Joystick (a 16-pin DIP socket mounted on its side!) 3) Tape In 4) Tape Out 5) TV (the jack of an RF modulator) 6) Expansion 7) Drive 1 8) Drive 2 9) Printer 10) Monitor (RCA type jack) 11) 80 Column (RCA type jack) Now, as I typed this, I started to sense something familiar, especially when I took into account the pin count on the disk drive connectors, and especially with the joystick port. I do believe this is an Apple ][+ clone. I opened it up and it has a 6502 and a Z80 onboard, with three ROMs and lots of RAM chips, sort of like many ][+ clones I've seen (I have at least a couple or three other ][+ clones with 6502 and Z80 on-board). I just can't verify this by booting it up because it has a very funky power connector which requires an external power supply of some sort (which I didn't get with this). Anyone ever heard of this? The web turns up empty. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer

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