Manufacturer | Philips Austria |
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Type | Home computer |
Release date | March 1980[1] |
Introductory price | 3000 guilders (equivalent to 2725 EUR in 2015) |
Operating system | 4 KB ROM containing BASIC and JWSDOS, CP/M with extra card[1] + 12 KB Cartridge |
CPU | Zilog Z80 @ 2.5 MHz |
Memory | 16 KB RAM, expandable to 48 KB [1] |
Display | Text mode 40 × 25, 7 Colors |
Graphics | Mullard SAA5050 Teletext chip |
Sound | Beeper, 1 channel |
Connectivity | 2 cartridge slots T version: TV aerial, RGB, Serial M version: Monochrome composite video, FDD interface, Serial |
The Philips P2000T[2][3][4] home computer was Philips' first real entry in the home computer market in 1980,[5] after the Philips Videopac G7000 game system[6] (better known in North America as the Magnavox Odyssey2) which they already sold to compete with the Atari 2600 and similar game systems. There was also a P2000M[2][5][7][4] version with an additional 80-column text card for use with a monochrome monitor. This version shipped with a monitor cabinet also housing a dual 5¼-inch floppy disk drive.[1] The P2000C version, introduced in 1982, was portable.[5][4][8]
The P2000 systems can be emulated with the MESS software, and since 2015 they are part of MAME.[1] Other emulators also exist.[9]