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Producer: Video Technology - Category: Personal Computer
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Photo 1: John Dalton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Disk smith vz200 front.jpg)
Photo 2: John Dalton at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Disk smith vz200 operating.jpg)
Photo 3: John Dalton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Disk smith vz200 rear.jpg)
Home computer, 1983, Video Technology. The VZ 200 is the name under which the VTech Laser 210 was sold in Australia and New Zealand by the Dick Smith Electronics chain, where it was very successful as the cheapest computer on the market, and also in some European countries. It is a small Z80 machine with a rubber keyboard, 8 KB of RAM, Microsoft BASIC and the Motorola 6847 video chip, with a cassette interface and plug-in memory modules.
| Years | 1983 to 1985 |
| Processor | Zilog Z80A at 3.58 MHz |
| RAM | 8 KB, expandable with 16 KB and 64 KB modules |
| ROM | 16 KB with Microsoft BASIC |
| Graphics | MC6847, 32 x 16 text in 8 colours, 128 x 64 in 4 colours |
| Sound | piezo speaker, 1 channel |
| Storage | cassette |
| Ports | expansion (memory), peripheral bus, cassette, RF and composite video |
| Price (1983) | AU$199 |
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