Home computer peripheral
CompuMate SV010Atari 2600 Junior with the 'UNIVERSUM Heimcomputer' German clone of the CompuMate
Also known as CompuMate[1] Manufacturer Spectravideo [2] Release date 6 January 1983; 41 years ago (1983-01-06 ) [3] Introductory price 79.99 US$ (today $244.7) [1] [4] Operating system Microsoft BASIC [1] [dead link ] CPU Uses the base machine's MOS 6507 @ 1.19 MHz (Inside Atari VCS/2600/2600jr) Memory 2K built-in RAM, 16K built-in ROM[5] Storage via audio jack on tape Display 10 lines × 12 characters Graphics 40x40 pixels with 10 selectable colors Input 42-key Sensor Touch Keyboard, (2x) 9-pin sub-D connector, game cartridge connector, earphone mini-jack, microphone mini-jack Dimensions 13-1/2"W x 6"D x 1-1/2"H (W 343mm x D 152mm x H 38mm)
The CompuMate SV010 was a home computer peripheral manufactured by Spectravideo International for the Atari 2600 home video game console . It was released on 6 January 1983 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada .[3] [6] [7] [8]
'UNIVERSUM Heimcomputer' alias 'Spectravideo CompuMate SV-010' Face of right side with audio in and audio out for tape player
'UNIVERSUM Heimcomputer' alias 'Spectravideo CompuMate SV-010' aerial view
In Germany, the CompuMate was marketed by Quelle , a catalogue company, as the Universum Heimcomputer . In Brazil (circa 1985), at least two clones of CompuMate were made: the Dactar-Comp by Milmar Electronics, and the CompuGame.[9]
^ a b c (Advertisement) CompuMate Basic Keyboard Enhancer , Page 7, Electronic Games Magazine (August 1983), Internet Archive
^ Video games into computers:Spectravideo , By Myron Berger, Page 166, Popular Science, Oct 1983
^ a b "Spectravideo CompuMate" . Archived from the original on 8 February 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2015 .{{cite web }}
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^ CompuMate (SpectraVideo) Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Part of the Secret to the VCS's Longevity, By Scott Stilphen, 2600 Connection
^ Atari 2600 peripherals: Spectravideo Compumate , Mostly Inclusive Atari 2600 Mapper / Selected Hardware Document, 2012-04-03, Kevin Horton aka kevtris, Version 1.00
^ Atari 2600 Spectravideo Compumate Keyboard Archived 10 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Geek Vintage
^ The history of Spectravideo , By Roger Samdal
^ Spectravideo CompuMate , AGH Museum
^ A history of Atari in Brazil .