| PC 8300 |
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LAMBDA ELECTRONICS LTD |
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| MANUFACTURER |
Lambda Electronics Ltd |
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Home Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
Hong Kong |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Basic |
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| KEYBOARD |
Flat membrane rubber keyboard, 42 keys, QWERTY |
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| CPU |
NEC D780C-1 (Z80A clone) |
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| SPEED |
3,25 MHz |
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| TEXT MODES |
32 x 24 |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
64 x 48 (through semi-graphic symbols) |
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| COLORS |
Black & white |
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| SOUND |
1 voice sound generator |
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| SIZE / WEIGHT |
295 x 150 x 55 mm / 700 gr |
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| I/O PORTS |
DC Power in, Tape interface (EAR & MIC), Composite video output, RF TV video output, expansion bus, joystick connector |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
External power supply (12v) - -(o- + |
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| PERIPHERALS |
16 KB & 32 KB RAM memory upgrades, Color Kit expansion, joystick, printer |
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| PRICE |
$29.95 (USA, 198x) |
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| PC 8300 |
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Thanks to Riotutgut for this picture |
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| BACK OF THE SYSTEM |
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From left to right :
- Power in from external PSU (12v, - -(o- +)\
- Tape interface (EAR & MIC)\
- Video composite output\
- Expansion bus used here by a 16 KB RAM memory upgrade\
- joystick connector\
- RF TV video output
Thanks to Riotutgut for this picture |
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| US ADVERT (1985?) |
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This is an advert for the Power 3000 released in the USA.
Thanks to [Adam's Lambda 8300 page](http://hem.passagen.se/clab/adam/lambda/) for this picture. |
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| 32 KB RAM EXPANSION |
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This expansion turns your PC 8300 into a 32 KB RAM computer !
Was priced $19.95 in 1985 (?)
Thanks to [Adam's Lambda 8300 page](http://hem.passagen.se/clab/adam/lambda/) for this picture. |
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| COLOR KIT |
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This expansion gives colour (and hires graphic ?)possibilities to the PC 8300. It connects to the expansion bus of the system AND to the video output of the computer, as it replaces the video hardware of the PC 8300.
It was priced $19.95 in 1985 (?)
More info needed !
Thanks to [Adam's Lambda 8300 page](http://hem.passagen.se/clab/adam/lambda/) for this picture. |
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| 64 KB |
from Suntroncis |
Suntronics T/S 1000 & ZX81 64K Memory Pack (Male Socket on Back, Female Socket on Front). |
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| TIMEX SINCLAIR 1016 |
16k RAM extension |
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| BOOT SCREEN |
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| EightyOne |
http://www.chuntey.com/eightyone/ |
Windows |
Excellent emulator emulating nearly all ZX computers (80, 81, Spectrums, Timex, etc.). As well as emulating the machines themselves, numerous addon cards are supported, including hi-res graphics, custom character sets, sound and colour cards. |
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| XZ81 |
http://www.zx81.nl/ |
Unix / Linux |
And other ZX-81 emulators there... |
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| MESS |
http://www.mess.org |
Multiplatform |
MESS emulates the ZX-81, Lambda 8300, Power 3000 and other clones ! |
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| DOCUMENTATION |
http://www.8bit.ht.st/ |
The Lil Old Sinclair Computer Technical Information Repository |
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| The ZX81 Hardware and Software Collection |
http://zx81.atspace.com/ |
Online museum for ZX81 hardware, software and literature |
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| ZX-Team Homepage |
http://www.zx81.de/ |
Quite a reference for the ZX-80, ZX-81, TS1000-1500, PC8300, Lambda and Jupiter Ace ! |
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| SINCLAIR ZX-81 BASIC PROGRAMMING |
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/ZX81BASICProgramming.pdf |
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[**SINCLAIR ZX-81 BASIC PROGRAMMING**](ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/ZX81BASICProgramming.pdf)written by Sinclair Research Limited / Steven Vickers
compiled/archived by Robin Stuart\
type of document : PDF\
size : 5,2 MB\
source : [www.worldofspectrum.org](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/)
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** |
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| THE COMPLETE TIMEX TS1000 & SINCLAIR ZX81 ROM DISASSEMBLY |
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**THE COMPLETE TIMEX TS1000 & SINCLAIR ZX81 ROM DISASSEMBLY**\
written by Dr. Ian Logan & Dr. Frank O'Hara
compiled/archived by Bill Hicks\
type of document : PDF\
size : 5 MB\
source : [www.ts1000.us](http://www.ts1000.us/)
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** |
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| TIMEX SINCLAIR 2020 COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDER |
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**TIMEX SINCLAIR 2020 COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDER**\
written by Timex Computer Corporation
compiled/archived by Bill Hicks / www.ts1000.us\
type of document : Online reader
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** |
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| Niels Bjarne Rasmussen (Danmark) |
Saturday 26th June 2021 |
it has 32 k extra memory |
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| Niels Bjarne Rasmussen (Danmark) |
Saturday 26th June 2021 |
if anybody wants an old lambda 8300 for free you can pick it up in Virum, Denmark. e-mail to: nbkampp@gmail.com |
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| Kristian (Norway) |
Thursday 14th May 2020 |
This was my first computer back in the early 80''s. Mine was given to me by my uncle and I remember it as "Lambda 2000". I learnt basic on this thing from reading the command words printed on the keys and experimenting. I had the big (and heavy!) 16KB ram expansion plugged in plus a small printer which I never really used. Eventually the soft touch keys started failing and I moved on to a C64, which was a huge leap back then :-) |
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| Marcus (Sweden) |
Monday 17th September 2018 |
My first contact with computers, My friend had one that we played around with. It was branded Lambda, i dont remember model nmbr. |
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| Dwayne Surdu-Miller (Canada) |
Wednesday 13rd July 2011 |
The PC-8300 was distributed in Canada for a few years as surplus by Princess Auto. The manual included a little bit of English, but was mostly printed with Chinese block characters. The case and colour scheme are exactly as shown for Lambda Electronics PC-8300, though there was no such branding on the original box, the manual, or the computer. |
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| Torsten |
Monday 9th August 2010 |
The Lambda was my first computer inherited from a friend who got an Amstrad 464 around 1983-84. I used it to type Basic programs from magazines. I only had it about a year before I got an Amstrad and never looked back |
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| Jostein Chr. Andersen (Sweden) |
Monday 12th April 2010 |
Can that it was under the Marathon name in Norway. I had one like this around 1982-83 (probably ''82) under the name Marathon 32K and bought it in Oslo. |
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| Carsten Krogh (Denmark) |
Thursday 7th February 2008 |
Well, the Lambda 8300 was distributed in Denmark - probably also the rest of the nordics. It was an exact ZX81 clone (first cloning that I am aware of?) and ran Sinclair software just fine.\
Best rgds. from Denmark, and do keep up the good work! |
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| Murray Moffatt (New Zealand) |
Tuesday 11th September 2007 |
The Lambda PC 8300's keyboard looks almost identical to the Panasonic JR-100 at http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=320&st=1
Same style and layout and everything! This has to be more than just a coincidence... |
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