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 Functional CyberVision 2001 displaying the default load screen, 40-button controllers and cassette-based media. | |
| Developer | The Authorship Resource, Inc. |
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| Type | Home computer |
| Release date | 1978 |
| Availability | United States, exclusively through Montgomery Ward |
| Introductory price | $399 |
| Units shipped | 10,000[1] |
| Media | Stereo cassette tape |
| Operating system | 1 KB ROM bootloader |
| CPU | RCA 1802 @ ~2.52 MHz |
| Memory | 4 KB RAM |
| Display | 128 × 96 4-color; RF output |
| Graphics | TI SN76430N |
| Sound | Left-channel cassette audio; tone generator |
| Input | 40-button keypads |
| Power | 12 V AC |
| Successor | CyberVision 3001 |
The CyberVision 2001 (commonly referred to as CyberVision Home Computer) was an early 8-bit home computer, distributed by Montgomery Ward in the late 1970s. Software was contained on stereo cassettes, allowing synchronized transmission of narrated audio recordings and sound effects from one channel and program data from the other. Home television sets were used for its display using an RF connector.
The Spring/Summer 1978 Montgomery Ward catalog featured CyberVision 2001 in a two-page opening spread, with a retail launch price of $399.[2] Accompanying literature described the RCA 1802-powered system as "the revolutionary home computer... Programmed to talk... play games, teach math, or help with your tax return." Although a reported 10,000 units were shipped, limited traction coupled with manufacturing problems and rising competition resulted in discontinuation by the early 1980s and cancelation of the prototyped CyberVision 4001.[1]
- ^ a b Powers, Matt (May 4, 2014). "The History of a Forgotten Computer : Part 2". Game Developer. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ Spring & Summer 1978 Catalog. Montgomery Ward. 1978. pp. 2–3.