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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
NEC Compo BS/80	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1978	Zilog Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts links oc_id source Compo BS/80 /media/museum/photos/nec_compobs80_1.jpg /companies/nec NEC label value NAME Compo BS/80 label value MANUFACTURER NEC label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1978 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE NEC Level-2 Basic label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, JIS standard, 58 keys label value CPU Zilog Z80A label value RAM 7 kb label value TEXT MODES 32 x 16 label value I/O PORTS Tape-recorder, video output\ BS/80A : 2 expansion slots\ BS/80B : 3 expansion slots label value POWER SUPPLY PSU built-in label value PERIPHERALS Memory expansions, printer, monitor, tape-recorder label value PRICE BS/80A : 238000 yens\ BS/80B : 198000 yens photos adverts links title subtitle text image BS/80 A /media/museum/photos/nec_compobs80_3.jpg title subtitle text image BS/80 B This model as a numeric (hexadecimal ?) keypad instead of the tape-recorder built-in the BS/80 A model. /media/museum/photos/nec_compobs80_2.jpg title subtitle text image COMPLETE SYSTEM Compo BS/80 B with numeric keypad and external tape-recorder. Thanks to [Ohishi Nobuaki / Nibbles lab](http://welcome.to/Nibbles) for this picture. /media/museum/photos/nec_compobs80_4.jpg title subtitle text image JAPANESE ADVERT Thanks to [Sato's Homepage](http://www1.cts.ne.jp/~sato/hp/) for this picture. /media/museum/pubs/nec_compobs80_pub1.jpg title url text Electric Brain Museum http://www.tk.airnet.ne.jp/mit/mitland/Musium/NEC/COMPOBS.html Interesting japanese page with pictures title url text Japanese site http://cwaweb.bai.ne.jp/~ohishi/museum/mz80c.htm Some useful infos in Japanese title url text Japanese site http://www1.cts.ne.jp/~sato/hp/log/1978/compobs80/compobs80.html Description of a japanese advert. Interesting. 392 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605032845/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=392 2023-06-05

These Compo 80/BS systems (BS stands for Basic) are in fact based upon the NEC TK-80 board system. There are a kind of "all-in-one" offer with a TK-80 board, a plastic case, a real keyboard, a tape-recorder or a numeric keypad and several other boards...

The Compo BS/80A has a remote controled tape-recorder built-in (1200 bauds) whereas the BS/80B must use an external tape-recorder (300 bauds).

A weird feature is that you have to use a key to unlock the system. The keylock is placed above the keyboard on the left-hand side (black square on the picture).