Aí vem um texto que eu achei em www.computingmuseum.com :
YEAR 1985
COUNTRY Brasil
CPU Zilog Z80A
SPEED 3.54 MHz
COPROCESSORS Motorola MC 6847 (Graphics) + GI AY-3-8910 (Sound)
ROM 16 KB
RAM 16 KB (expandable to 64 KB)
VRAM 6 KB
TEXT Modes 32 x 16 (80 columns with an external add-on, really another
Motorola graphic chip)
GRAPHIC Modes 128 x 96 (low resolution), 256 x 192 (hi resolution)
COLORS 4 on low resolution, 2 on hi resolution
SOUND 3 voices, 7 octaves + 1 noise channel
I/O Ports A expansion bus on the back to plug the RAM expansion, the printer
port and, if it was delievered, the drive interface. It works like the
Sinclair expansion buses.
The information on this page comes from Cesar Cardoso.
BACKGROUND ON HISTORY: from 1976 to 1990-1992, Brazil had a market reserve
policy on microcomputers and selected computing items, i.e. only Brazilian
companies can manufacturate these items. But most companies only copied
foreign computers and only a small fraction of it created their own
technology, like Scopus and a MS-DOS clone called SISNE.]
This little monster was a genuine Brazilian computer! CCE was a electronics
manufacturer known for their low prices and low quality of products. They
released Apple II and PC compatible machines, but developed their own
computer, the MC-1000. Hardware-wise, it's a near MSX, with some big project
problems (the text mode, unsuitable for something more serious, and the
printer port, which was external and sold separately).
The most heard word of this computer is the "vaporware". CCE made a lot of
them on this computer. The biggest of them all: disk drives. Hey, in 1985
disk drives was an essential peripheral of ANY computer - and CCE promised
drives. Drives and CP/M; MC-1000 could have been a decent CP/M machine. They
promised, promised... and never delivered. So people got tired of waiting
and gave up on this computer.
Aliás, quem não foi nesse site, tem que ir!
Recebida em Sat 29 Jan 2000 - 08:34:30 BRST