zx-80
     
         sinclair's cheap personal computer with
        built-in basic, launched at the end of january 1980 at a
        computer fair in wembley, uk.  the processor was an nec
        780-c running at 3.25 mhz.  it had 1kb of ram, externally
        expandable to 16kb, and 4kb of rom.  it had rf video output to
        a tv, displaying 24 lines by 32 characters of monochrome text.
        an audio cassette recorder was used to save programs.
     
        the zx-80 was sold in kit form for pounds79.95 or ready-built for
        pounds99.95.  it was used by many uk hobbyists as a means of
        learning the basics of computing.  some remember the 1kb zx-80
        for the claim in its advertising that you could control a
        nuclear power station with it.
     
        the zx-80 was succeeded by the zx-81.
     
        http://home.t-online.de/home/p.liebert/zx80_eng.htm.
     
        planet sinclair http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/.
     
        the sinclair story
        http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/046/sstory.htm.
     
        2002-08-30
     
     
see also:
sinclair personal computer basic nec 780-c ram zx-81 
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