Laser VZ 200
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Home computer, 1983, Video Technology. The VZ 200 is the Australian and export name of the VTech Laser 210, a low-cost Z80 home computer with a rubber keyboard, 8 KB of RAM, Microsoft BASIC in ROM and the Motorola 6847 video chip. It was sold by Dick Smith Electronics in Australia and New Zealand and by various distributors in Europe, and it had a lively user community that produced its own software and hardware expansions. This is a second unit of the same model in the collection.
| 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 |
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