Commodore VIC 1001 - Japanese predecessor of Vic 20
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Home computer, 1980, Commodore. The VIC-1001 is the Japanese predecessor of the VIC-20, launched in Japan in late 1980 before the worldwide release: the same machine with a keyboard that also carries katakana characters and a Japanese character set in ROM.
| Year | 1980 (Japan) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore Japan |
| Processor | MOS Technology 6502 at 1.02 MHz |
| RAM | 5 KB (3.5 KB available to BASIC), expandable to 32 KB |
| ROM | 20 KB (BASIC 2.0 and KERNAL) with Japanese katakana character set |
| Graphics and sound | VIC chip 6560, 22 x 23 text, 176 x 184 pixels, 16 colours, 3 voices plus noise |
| Storage | Datasette, 1540 floppy disk drive |
| Ports | control port, expansion port, serial bus, user port, cassette port, RF and audio/video output |
| Operating system | Commodore BASIC 2.0 |
| Distinguishing features | katakana keyboard legends, Japanese market only |
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