Telmac 1800
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The Telmac 1800<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an early microcomputer that was delivered in kit form.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was introduced in 1977 by Telercas Oy,<ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> the Finnish importer of RCA microchips. Most of the 2,000 kits manufactured over four years<ref name=":1" /> were bought by electronics enthusiasts<ref name="auto"/> in Finland, Sweden and Norway.
An expansion board, OSCOM, later became available, and included an alphanumeric video display, and up to Template:Nowrap of memory. A Template:Nowrap Tiny BASIC could be run on this configuration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The first-ever commercial video game to be developed in Finland, Chesmac, was developed by Raimo Suonio on a Telmac 1800 computer in 1979.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The Telmac 1800 was followed by the Oscom Nano and the Telmac 2000.
Major featuresEdit
- RCA 1802 (COSMAC) microprocessor CPU @ 1.75 MHz<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=":0" />
- Cassette tape interface<ref name=":0" />
- 2 kB RAM, expandable to 4 kB<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=":0" />
- RCA CDP1861 'Pixie' video chip, 64×128 pixels display resolution<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name=":0" />
- Sound limited to a fixed frequency tone <ref name="auto1"/><ref name=":0" />
- Able to run a CHIP-8 interpreter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Revival Studios Developer of new Chip-8/SuperChip/MegaChip8 games.
- Telmac 1800 schematics.