Editing MicroBee (section)

{{Short description|Series of networkable home computers}}
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| name         = MicroBee
| logo         = MicroBee Systems.gif
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| developer    = [[Applied Technology]]
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| type         = [[Home computer]]s
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| releasedate  = {{Start date and age|1982|02}}
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| price        = {{nowrap|A$399}} in Kit Form<!-- this is price at initial release, not the current price. -->
| discontinued = {{End date and age|1990}}
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| os           = MicroWorld [[BASIC]] <br /> DGOS (''David Griffiths Operating System'')<!-- operating system --> 
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| cpu          = {{nowrap|[[Zilog Z80]] @ [[Hertz|2 MHz]]}}
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| memory       = {{nowrap|16 [[Kilobyte|kB]]}} or {{nowrap|32 [[Kilobyte|kB]]}}
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| graphics     = {{nowrap|[[Synertek]] 6545}} [[CRT controller]] for {{nowrap|64 × 16}} characters ({{nowrap|512 × 256}} pixels)
| sound        = Monotonic sound generator & speaker, 2 [[octave]]s
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'''MicroBee''' (or '''Micro Bee''') was a series of networkable [[home computer]]s 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<ref name="theage-secretprj">[http://www.theage.com.au/news/next/secret-of-project-granny-smith/2005/07/11/1120934156894.html Secret of project Granny Smith] By Gordon Laing, July 12, 2005 - theage.com.au</ref> and Matthew Starr.

The MicroBee's most distinctive features are its user configurable video display (capable of mimicking the displays of other computers and devices including the [[TRS-80]], Sorcerer and SOL20 with later colour and graphic models 40 and 80 column terminals, Super-80, [[ZX Spectrum]], early arcade machines, [[Amstrad CPC 464]]) and its battery backed [[non-volatile RAM]] and small size allowing it to be powered off, transported, and powered back on and resume activities on the currently loaded program or document.

It was originally packaged as a two board unit with the lower "baseboard" containing all components except the system memory which was mounted on the upper "core board".