Cambridge Z88 Portable Computer
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Portable computer, 1987, Cambridge Computer. The Z88 was Clive Sinclair's last computer, produced by the company he founded after selling the Sinclair name to Amstrad. It is an A4-sized slab less than an inch thick, with a rubber keyboard, an 8-line supertwist LCD and a Z80 processor, running for about 20 hours on four AA batteries. The built-in software includes the PipeDream combined word processor and spreadsheet, a diary, a calculator, a terminal and BBC BASIC, and three slots take RAM, EPROM or ROM cards. It was popular with writers and journalists.
| Years | 1987 to 1992 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Zilog Z80 at 3.28 MHz |
| RAM | 32 KB, expandable to 3 MB through the card slots |
| ROM | 128 KB with OZ operating system, PipeDream, BBC BASIC and utilities |
| Display | supertwist LCD, 640 x 64 pixels, 8 lines of up to 106 characters |
| Storage | RAM and EPROM cards; files transferred through the serial port |
| Ports | RS-232, 3 card slots |
| Power | 4 AA batteries or adapter |
| Dimensions | 294 x 210 x 23 mm, 900 g |
| Price (1987) | £287 |
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