VTech Laser 200

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VTech Laser 200 & Laser 210

The VTech Laser 210, rebadged as a Dick Smith VZ200
Manufacturer	Video Technology
Type	Personal Computer
Release date	November 1983; 40 years ago (1983-11)[1]
Introductory price	US$99 GB£98
Discontinued	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Units sold	200,000 in Australia
Media	Cassette tape, Disk drive
Operating system	BASIC V2.0
CPU	Zilog Z80A clocked at 3.58 MHz
Memory	2-22 KB RAM + 2 KB VRAM, 16 KB ROM
Display	32×16 (8 colors), 128×64 graphics (2 background, 3 foreground colors)
Graphics	Motorola 6847 video processor
Sound	push-pull piezo speaker
Input	45 key Keyboard
Power	10 volt
Dimensions	29 × 17 × 4cm
Mass	800g
Predecessor	VTech Laser 110
Successor	VTech Laser 310

The VTech Laser 200 is an 8-bit home computer from 1983, also sold as the Salora Fellow (mainly in Fennoscandia, particularly Finland), the Seltron 200 in Hungary & Italy, the Smart-Alec Jr. by Dynasty Computer Corporation in Dallas, Texas for the USA, the Texet TX8000A ( United Kingdom), the Dick Smith VZ 200 (in Australia & New Zealand), and the VTech VZ 200 (in the United States & Canada).

Video Technology manufactured calculators and LCD pad game toys (similar to Nintendo Game & Watch) at a rather claustrophobic multi-storey factory in Hong Kong. The Laser 110 was a development of an earlier monochrome TRS-80 copy, and further development introduced the Laser 200/210 which were similar to the EACA Colour Genie and the Mattel Aquarius.

The machine ran basic games on cassette such as Hoppy (a version of Frogger), Cosmic Rescue (Scramble), VZ Invaders (Space Invaders), Dawn Patrol (Chopper) and Moon Patrol. The Laser 200/210 and VZ200 computers were discontinued in 1985 being replaced by the Laser 310 and VZ300 computers.