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Notes |
Manufacturer |
Spectravideo Ltd (Japan) |
Model |
SV 318 & SV 328 |
Date Launched |
Early 1984? |
Price |
SV 318 : £186 |
Microprocessor type |
Zilog Z80A @ 3.6 MHz |
ROM size |
32 kilobytes |
Standard RAM |
SV 318 : 32 kilobytes |
Maximum RAM |
144 kilobytes |
Keyboard type |
SV 318 : Rubber keys though with typewriter spacing. A built-in joystick to the right of the keyboard was used for cursor movement. |
Supplied language |
Advanced Microsoft BASIC |
Text resolution |
Not known |
Graphics resolution |
256 x 192 pixels |
Colours available |
16 |
Sound |
3 channels |
Cassette load speed |
Not known |
Special features |
Had 32 graphic sprites. |
Good points |
Graphics and sound were easy to use from BASIC. |
Bad points |
Expansion required a large and quite expensive extra box: |
How successful? |
Apparently never very popular. |
Comments |
The SV 318 and SV 328 were essentially identical apart from the keyboard and the amount of standard RAM. |
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