CompuMate
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The CompuMate SV010 was a home computer peripheral manufactured by Spectravideo International for the Atari 2600 home video game console. It was released on 6 January 1983 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3][6][7][8]
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Also known as | CompuMate[1] |
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Manufacturer | Spectravideo[2] |
Release date | 6 January 1983; 41 years ago (1983-01-06)[3] |
Introductory price | 79.99 US$ (today $244.7)[1][4] |
Operating system | Microsoft BASIC[1][dead link] |
CPU | Uses the base machine's MOS 6507 @ 1.19 MHz (Inside Atari VCS/2600/2600jr) |
Memory | 2K built-in RAM, 16K built-in ROM[5] |
Storage | via audio jack on tape |
Display | 10 lines × 12 characters |
Graphics | 40x40 pixels with 10 selectable colors |
Input | 42-key Sensor Touch Keyboard, (2x) 9-pin sub-D connector, game cartridge connector, earphone mini-jack, microphone mini-jack |
Dimensions | 13-1/2"W x 6"D x 1-1/2"H (W 343mm x D 152mm x H 38mm) |
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In Germany, the CompuMate was marketed by Quelle, a catalogue company, as the Universum Heimcomputer. In Brazil (circa 1985), at least two clones of CompuMate were made: the Dactar-Comp by Milmar Electronics, and the CompuGame.[9]