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Manufacturer |
Amstrad (UK) |
Model |
PC200 Professional |
Date Launched |
Mid 1988 |
Price |
£345 without a monitor |
Microprocessor type |
Intel 8086 @ 8 MHz |
ROM size |
Not known. |
Standard RAM |
512 kilobytes |
Maximum RAM |
640 kilobytes |
Keyboard type |
Standard IBM PC type with 102 keys. |
Supplied language |
No programming language but the PC200 was supplied with MSDOS 3.3, the GEM 3 graphical interface and an 'Organiser' program. |
Text resolution |
40 or 80 columns x 25 rows |
Graphics resolution |
320 x 200 or 640 x 200 pixels (CGA standard) |
Colours available |
16 for text, 4 for graphics at low resolution, 2 at high resolution. |
Sound |
Built-in speaker |
Cassette load speed |
No cassette interface. |
Dimensions (mm) |
450 x 335 x 85 |
Special features |
Two IBM-PC compatible ISA expansion slots (8-bit, half length). |
Good points |
Ports for analogue joystick, Centronics printer and RS232 were included. |
Bad points |
The case was too low to hold expansion cards. If they were fitted the top cover of the case had to be left off. |
How successful? |
Unusually for Amstrad the Sinclair PC200 was a commercial failure. Very few were sold which makes the model quite a collector's item nowadays. |
Comments |
The Sinclair PC200 was essentially a basic IBM PC/XT compatible and seems to have been based on Amstrad's popular 1512 PC, but in a new case. |
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