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=== Specifications === {| class=wikitable ! Characteristic !! Value |- | [[Central processor unit|Processor]] || [[Zilog Z80A]] clocked at 3.25 MHz.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tecnologías Libres para Síntesis de Imagen Digital Tridimensional|year=2006 |page=[https://archive.org/details/2006TecnologiasLibresParaSintesisDeImagen3D/page/40 40]|publisher=Self |isbn=978-84-689-9280-8|quote=Micro Z80 a 3.25 MHz [...], el Jupiter Ace [...]|url=https://archive.org/details/2006TecnologiasLibresParaSintesisDeImagen3D/page/40}}</ref> |- | [[Operating system]] || [[Forth (programming language)|FORTH]] (as both the [[programming language]] and [[command-line interface]]). |- | [[Static random-access memory|Memory]] || 2 [[kilobyte|KB]] for Video + 1 [[kilobyte|KB]] base expandable up to 49 KB (Video excluded). |- | [[Video]] || Independent sub-system with 2 dedicated [[static random-access memory|SRAM]] banks: Screen (1 KB) + Char Tiles (1 KB). |- | [[Sound]] || Internal speaker, CPU-driven (non-dedicated). |- | [[Expansion pack|Expansion]] || 2 connectors: Main (CPU related) + Video (Screen + AV signal). |- | [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]] and [[Charset]] || 40-key [[QWERTY]] keyboard (Symbols access with extra key). All chars in Charset (based on [[ASCII-1967]]) being redefinable. |- | [[Character encoding|Character set]] || Based on [[ASCII-1967]] with extensions as for the [[ZX Spectrum character set]] including ↑, £ and ©. |} References to the Ace [[static random-access memory|RAM]] sometimes include the separate 2 [[kilobyte|KB]] video memory, which was not available for programming, thus leading to some confusion. Similarly, it is sometimes argued that because of Forth's efficiency, the 1 KB standard RAM was in effect comparable to at least 2 KB on a BASIC system.
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