CompuMate

CompuMate SV010
Atari 2600 Junior with the 'UNIVERSUM Heimcomputer' German clone of the CompuMate
Also known asCompuMate[1]
ManufacturerSpectravideo[2]
Release date6 January 1983; 41 years ago (1983-01-06)[3]
Introductory price79.99 US$ (today $244.7)[1][4]
Operating systemMicrosoft BASIC[1][dead link]
CPUUses the base machine's MOS 6507 @ 1.19 MHz (Inside Atari VCS/2600/2600jr)
Memory2K built-in RAM, 16K built-in ROM[5]
Storagevia audio jack on tape
Display10 lines × 12 characters
Graphics40x40 pixels with 10 selectable colors
Input42-key Sensor Touch Keyboard, (2x) 9-pin sub-D connector, game cartridge connector, earphone mini-jack, microphone mini-jack
Dimensions13-1/2"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]

  1. ^ a b c (Advertisement) CompuMate Basic Keyboard Enhancer, Page 7, Electronic Games Magazine (August 1983), Internet Archive
  2. ^ Video games into computers:Spectravideo, By Myron Berger, Page 166, Popular Science, Oct 1983
  3. ^ a b "Spectravideo CompuMate". Archived from the original on 8 February 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ CompuMate (SpectraVideo) Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Part of the Secret to the VCS's Longevity, By Scott Stilphen, 2600 Connection
  5. ^ Atari 2600 peripherals: Spectravideo Compumate, Mostly Inclusive Atari 2600 Mapper / Selected Hardware Document, 2012-04-03, Kevin Horton aka kevtris, Version 1.00
  6. ^ Atari 2600 Spectravideo Compumate Keyboard Archived 10 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Geek Vintage
  7. ^ The history of Spectravideo, By Roger Samdal
  8. ^ Spectravideo CompuMate, AGH Museum
  9. ^ A history of Atari in Brazil.