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ZX Spectrum
series of personal home computers
IBM PC compatible
computers similar to the IBM PC and its derivatives
Intel 80286
microprocessor model
ColecoVision
The ColecoVision is a second-generation home video game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released later in July 1983 in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision.
Vectrex
The Vectrex is a vector display-based home video game console, the only one ever designed and released for the home market, that was developed by Smith Engineering and manufactured and sold by General Consumer Electronics. It was first released for the North American market in October 1982 and then Europe and Japan in 1983. Originally produced by General Consumer Electronics, it was later licensed to Milton Bradley after they acquired the company. Bandai released the system in Japan under the name , meaning Lightspeed Ship.
Intel 80186
16-bit microcontroller
NEC PC-9800 series
The , commonly shortened to PC-98 or simply , is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 to 2003. While based on standard x86-16 and x86-32 processors, it uses an in-house architecture making it incompatible with IBM clones; some PC-98 computers used NEC's own V30 processor. The platform established NEC's dominance in the Japanese personal computer market, and, by 1999, more than 18 million units had been sold. While NEC did not market these specific machines in the West, it sold the NEC APC series, which had similar hardware to early PC-98 model
Intel 80188
microprocessor designed by Intel
Hercules Graphics Card
IBM PC graphic adapter and display standard
Sharp X1
series of home computers
Timex Sinclair 1000
home computer
FM-7
The FM-7 ("Fujitsu Micro 7") is a home computer created by Fujitsu. It was first released in 1982 and was sold in Japan and Spain. It is a stripped-down version of Fujitsu's earlier FM-8 computer, and during development it was referred to as the "FM-8 Jr.".
Dragon 32/64
home computer model
Motorola 68010
microprocessor model
Epson HX-20
computer model
NEC V20
microprocessor model
Commodore CBM-II
range of 8-bit personal computers
Jupiter Ace
British home computer of the early 1980s
Sord M5
home computer
Tomy Tutor
home computer
Rainbow 100
Microcomputer by DEC
Thomson TO7
home computer
Microprofessor II
computer model by Multitech (later Acer)
GRiD Compass
laptop computer
Grundy NewBrain
microcomputer
Oric
series of home computers
Colour Genie
home computer
Bernoulli Box
removable floppy disk storage system
Sun-1
Sun-1 was the first generation of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in May 1982. These were based on a CPU board designed by Andy Bechtolsheim while he was a graduate student at Stanford University and funded by DARPA. The Sun-1 systems ran SunOS 0.9, a port of UniSoft's UniPlus V7 port of Seventh Edition UNIX to the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, with no window system. Affixed to the case of early Sun-1 workstations and servers is a red bas relief emblem with the word SUN spelled using only symbols shaped like the letter U. This is the original Sun
MicroBee
MicroBee (or Micro Bee) was a series of networkable home computers by Applied Technology, which became publicly listed company MicroBee Systems Limited soon after its release. The original MicroBee computer was designed in Australia by a team including Owen Hill and Matthew Starr.
Olivetti M20
personal computer
DEC Professional (computer)
Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11-based personal computer
Blit
graphical terminal
CP-200
The CP 200 was a Brazilian home computer produced by Prológica in 1982.
Timex FDD3000
Disk drive peripheral for Timex Sinclair machines and CP/M computer.
CP-500
CP 500 was a Brazilian family of personal computers designed and manufactured by Prológica.