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6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun. 4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: Videoton TV Computer
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Hungary
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years:
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- '1983'
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cpus:
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- Z80
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params:
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name: TV Computer
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company: /companies/videoton
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company_name: Videoton
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: TV Computer
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Videoton
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Hungary
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1983'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: TVC Basic
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke keyboard, hungarian layout (QWERTZ)...
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80
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- label: SPEED
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value: 3.125 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: HD46505SP (CRT controller)
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- label: RAM
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value: 32 KB or 64 KB, depending on models
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- label: VRAM
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value: |-
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TV-Computer 32k & 64k : 16 KB\
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TV-Computer 64k+ : 64 KB (4 x 16 KB)
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- label: ROM
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value: 20 KB (OS+Basic), 24 KB max.
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 64 x 24
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 128 x 240 (16 colors), 256 x 240 (4 colors), 512 x 240 (2 colors)
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- label: COLORS
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value: '16'
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- label: SOUND
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value: 1 channel
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 46 (W) x 19 (D) x 11(H) cm / 2.8 kg (+ 0.8 kg for the separate PSU)
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Cassette interface, Centronics, 2 x joystick connectors, 1 cartridge slot, 4 expansion slots (8 KB ROM max. each)
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- label: OS
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value: TVC OS, UPM (special CP/M for TVC), VT-DOS (DOS 3.10 compatible)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: 'External power supply unit: +12V, -12V, +5V'
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Tape recorder, UART (Async. receiver/transmitter, with 8251), Floppy Interface (2 x 720 KB FDD)
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- label: PRICE
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value: 12800 HUF / 53 (Hungary, 1985)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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photos:
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- title: 64 KB MODEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to [HomeComputer.de](http://www.HomeComputer.de/) for this picture
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image: null
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- title: 64 KB+ MODEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Notice the two joystick ports and the cartridge slot.
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Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: REAR
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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From left to right: TV-out, channel selection switch, RGB out, Composite Video out, tape recorder I, tape recorder II, Power supply.
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Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: KEYBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Hungarian layout
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Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: UNDER
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: EXPANSION SLOTS
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: MOTHER BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: LABEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: WEIRD PICTURE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Prototype or Expansion module plugged on top? Can anyone tell us what it is ?
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image: null
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hardware:
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- title: FLOPPY DISK INTERFACE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
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subtitle: side
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
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subtitle: Front
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: VT-DOS CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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- title: GAME CARD
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subtitle: Space Invaders
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text: Thanks to Gabor Monok for this picture
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image: null
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screenshots:
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- title: BUVAR
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: CYRUS II
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: OTHELLO
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: SPRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: TV BALL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: UNICUM
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: VILI A BANYASZ
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: WALLTRIS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: CSAVARGA
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: HUNGARORING
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: INVADERS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: LOVERSENY
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: MOTORODEO
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: NINJA
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: ORJARAT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: PACKMAN
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: STARTREK
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: UFO
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: VADNYUGAT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: VOLLEY BALL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: WIMBLEDON
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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emulators:
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- title: TVC 2.18
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url: http://WWW.TVC.HOMESERVER.HU
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platform: MS DOS
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text: Hungarian emulator written by Laszlo Toth
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- title: Videoton TV-Computer
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url: http://bat21.freeweb.hu/tvc/tvc.htm
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platform: MS DOS
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text: Hungarian emulator !
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- title: WinTVC
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url: http://tvc.homeserver.hu/html/wintvcletoltes.html
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platform: Windows
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text: arian emulator for Windows, with disk emulation
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links:
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- title: Videoton TV computer page
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url: http://www.freeweb.hu/tvc/
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text: Many games to download (hungarian)!
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- title: 'Videoton TV computer page #2'
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url: http://TVC.8BIT.HU
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text: Nice site by Victor Varga
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- title: VIDEOTON TV-COMPUTER's B.A.T. 21 page
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url: http://bat21.freeweb.hu/tvc/tvc.htm
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text: Nice dedicated hungarian site
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comments:
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- author: Frank (Canada)
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date: Thursday 17th March 2022
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text: Videotron is also a big cable company in Canada
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- author: Béla Czeiner (Hungary)
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date: Monday 9th October 2006
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text: |-
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Can you imagine a network from these PCs?\
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I had worked on it! It means that 8 TVC was connected to a standalone floppy disk drive (which was able to handle 2 (!) disks). So it was possible to "distribute" data from this common FDD. But mainly we stored our programs written in Basic to tape drives. And a story: When you were ready with your program and tried to connect the tape - or doing any other hasty movement - knocked the table under your TVC you had a great chance of a reboot... ;-)
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- author: Viktor varga (Budapest, Hungary)
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date: Tuesday 11th October 2005
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text: The tvc.homeserver.hu page is updated frequently, new emulators, more fotos, documentation, and programs are avaible from time to time.
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- author: Ryan Brown (San Jose, CA)
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date: Thursday 12th May 2005
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text: That weird picture is a rare 3200 expansion pack that gives 3 and 1 half slots for floppy discs and more expansion slots.
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- author: Viktor Varga (Hungary, Budapest)
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date: Monday 14th July 2003
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Check the forming new site:\
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http://tvc.homeserver.hu or\
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http://tvc.8bit.hu
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Many scanned documentations, the newest downloadable emulator. At this time not ready, but frequently updated. (Games are comming soon...)
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- author: Reidl Romeo (Budapest)
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date: Tuesday 24th June 2003
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Good old times! With a russian Junosty televison together! And I'm wondering why I wear eyeglasses :-) I lived in Tab, where the VideoTon factory was Loacted (now it's a Flextronics factory) sure, that I had one of this beauties! And with all cool upgrades, likes 1.2 and 2.2 system, UPM and DOS system and a dual floppy drive too!!\
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Unfortunatelly I sold the whole thing... that was a mistake.
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- author: SMokey (Hungary)
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date: Tuesday 8th April 2003
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text: I have one at home... thinkin of combining it with my TV Tuner card :)
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- author: JulWCZar (Hungary)
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date: Monday 30th September 2002
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It's good to see this Hungarian computer from the 80s.\
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It makes me feel proud of my country, even if I have never seen any of it working.
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- author: Ferenc Szakacsi (Hungary, Budapest)
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date: Wednesday 12th June 2002
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text: There is a great homepage about TVC in location http://bat21.freeweb.hu/tvc
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oc_id: 39
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608094144/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=39
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date: '2023-06-08'
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This computer was used in the 80's in Hungarian schools along with the Primo. It was very similar to the [Enterprise 64](/museum/enterprise-64-128/) as it was a licensed product. There is even a built-in joystick on the right of the keyboard.
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There are different models : 32 KB, 64 KB and 64 KB+ (picture here). The 64 KB+ has more video RAM (64 KB instead of 16 KB) and different versions of ROM (2.1 - 2.2 & 2.4 instead of 1.1 -1.2 - 1.3 & 1.4).
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The main physical difference of the TV-Computer is the four expansion slots that are placed at the top left side of the case, allowing easy upgrade of the system. On the left side, one can find two joystick connectors and a cartridge slot (16 KB max.) for games, applications and operating systems. TVC OS is built-in the system (along with Basic), but UPM (special version of CP/M for the TVC) or VT-DOS (DOS 3.10 compatible) could be implemented this way. VT-DOS could only read/write IBM PC disks, as it was not fully compatible with both the hardware and software.
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Thanks to **Gabor Monok** for all the info & pictures!
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TVC's network, by **Béla Czeiner**:\
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Can you imagine a network from these PCs?\
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I had worked on it!\
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It means that 8 TVC was connected to a standalone floppy disk drive (which was able to handle 2 (!) disks). So it was possible to "distribute" data from this common FDD. But mainly we stored our programs written in Basic to tape drives.\
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And a story:\
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When you were ready with your program and tried to connect the tape - or doing any other hasty movement - knocked the table under your TVC you had a great chance of a reboot... ;-)
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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