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| Type | |
|---|---|
| Release date | July 1982[1] |
| Introductory price | Model AD 229.00 GBP, Model A 199.00 GBP (United Kingdom, 1982), 48,000.00 GRD (Greece, 1985) |
| System on a chip | Keyboard and one-line VF display chip: COP420 MCU |
| CPU | 8 bits Zilog Z80A @ 4 MHz |
| Memory | 32 KiB RAM (Maximum 2 MiB) 24 KiB ROM |
| Display | Text modes: 32×25, 32×30, 40×25, 40×30, 64×25, 64×30, 80×25, 80×30 |
| Graphics | Composite video, UHF TV output Graphics modes: 256×256, 320×256, 512×256, 640×256 Total number of colours: 2 |
| Input | 62 keys I/O Ports:2× Tape recorder (1,200 Baud), Expansion, 2x RS-232 (to 19,000 Baud) |
The Grundy NewBrain was a line of microcomputers launched in 1982 by Grundy Business Systems Ltd of Teddington and Cambridge, England. A contemporary of the ZX80 and BBC Micro, the NewBrain was mostly used in business settings. It is notable for its chicklet keyboard and models that featured a one-line display, allowing them to be used as a portable computer, in addition to television output. Another unique feature of the system was NewBrain BASIC, a BASIC programming language that featured an on-the-fly compiler.
Originally designed at Sinclair Radionics, government ownership of that company led to Clive Sinclair leaving the company and starting a new low-cost design, the ZX80. It was considered for the BBC Micro project, but development was not complete and that was won by Acorn Computers instead. The design was then sold off by the government to recently-formed Grundy. Grundy produced the system between 1982 and 1983, with approximately 50,000 units sold during this period. The design was then sold to Dutch firm Tradecom to fill a contract for computers in training centres. These units came from existing stocks, and plans to open a factory in India never materialized.
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