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and was referred to as the "Compucolor Drive" or "CD". There were reliability issues with this design since any variance in motor spindle speed would cause difficulty reading or writing floppy media. Also there were a few electromagnetic issues within the cabinet space that interfered with the floppy
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cartridges was available for storage, running at about 4,800 bit/s and storing up to 1 MB per tape. The tapes were physically identical to common 8-tracks, but had much less tape on them so they could loop around faster (8-track tapes cannot be rewound). The tape drive proved too slow to be
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Norcross, Georgia USA in 1979, aptly named the "Compucolor Computer Store." The store had limited success in the six months of operation, and the store concept was abandoned. By 1983, Compucolor was out of business.
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Control System" or "FCS" was designed in-house. In FCS, when a file was deleted, the individual file would be removed from the file list volume and the remaining data would be moved to fill sequential empty space, using the
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Compucolor II was written by in-house software programmers. Over 20 software titles were officially released by Compucolor with custom 5-1/4" artwork title covers:
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to return the amount of general memory and string memory separately. After threats from
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13-inch color television with the tuning section on the right removed and replaced by a 5.25-inch floppy disk mounted vertically. Three models were advertised, the
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Compucolor II) over the life of the parent company,
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1990:. 1001001, Incorporated. April 24, 1977 – via Google Books.
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Unlike the 8001, the II booted into BASIC when started. Pressing
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Compucolor II computer with
Centronics 737 printer (Zagreb, 1980)
2590:"Cubic Tic Tac Toe by Compucolor Corporation Compucolor II game"
2105:"Compucolor Sponsors First Official Othello Computer Tournament"
1868:"Intecolor 8001 - Product Profiles - Computer Graphics Primer"
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A MICROCOMPUTER BASED COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVIEWING SYSTEM
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The first model was an upgrade kit for the company's color
2662:"Maze Master by Compucolor Corporation Compucolor II game"
1976:. The Virgin Islands Daily News – via Google Books.
1854:"Compucolor 8001 Explained – Everything You Need To Know"
2782:"Star Trip by Compucolor Corporation Compucolor II game"
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1481:In 1977, Intelligent Systems Corp announced the
1225:. When initially booted, the machine starts in "
2262:Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation
2175:"Compucolor II progamming manual, Appendix G.3"
2236:CRT 5027 - CRT video timer and controller VTAC
2255:"Color display systems: The state of the art"
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2975:Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer
1807:. Sarasota Journal – via Google Books.
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2163:. No. 3. February 14, 1979. p. 5.
2091:– Information about the Compucolor II
220:Created in 1973, released in February 1976;
2145:. Computer World – via Google Books.
2065:"The Man Who Never Wanted To Be President"
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2848:"Lightning Command Compucolor II game"
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2015:"OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum"
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1413:51.2KB 5.25" Proprietary floppy drive
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266:19" color delta-gun CRT, 192x160 dots
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2157:"Compucolor announces price cuts"
2836:. December 18, 1978. p. 56.
2161:The Intelligent Machines Journal
2109:The Intelligent Machines Journal
2017:. April 20, 2010. Archived from
1819:"PERIPHERAL EXCHANGE - About Us"
1421:13" color delta-gun CRT, 128x128
34:
2967:. Compucolor Corporation. 1976.
2896:"Freebooter Compucolor II game"
1974:"The Virgin Islands Daily News"
1955:from the original on 2023-05-31
336:The following table shows the
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203:Intelligent Systems Corporation
183:Intelligent Systems Corporation
45:needs additional citations for
2937:Canon, Maggie (May 12, 1980).
2920:"Compucolor gets new software"
329:Connectivity was limited to a
27:Series of color microcomputers
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2053:– Technical information
1589:. The keys were full-travel "
2926:. June 10, 1980. p. 22.
2806:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2758:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2734:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2710:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2686:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2638:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2614:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2566:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
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2398:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
2339:"Compcolor II Virtual Media"
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1578:). Internal proprietary ROM
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1745:Compucolor II character set
1576:Compucolor II character set
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2830:"Users Group Gets Started"
2111:. May 9, 1979. p. 13.
1948:. Compucolor Corporation.
1927:Intecolor 8810 User Manual
147:data storage. It used the
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1898:. Compucolor Corporation.
1369:1977-1980 (Compucolor II)
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2594:Universal Videogame List
2367:Universal Videogame List
2316:Universal Videogame List
1268:controller based on the
1264:In 1977 they released a
3002:– Product profile
2961:The Compucolor 8001 CTR
2122:Palit, Charles (1980).
1942:The Compucolor 8001 CRT
1892:The Compucolor 8001 CRT
1292:The original ROM-based
1237:launches the ROM-based
1823:peripheralexchange.com
1563:clock rate and used a
1397:Intel 8080A @ 1.99 MHz
1345:Compucolor Corporation
1270:Western Digital FD1771
1116:Compucolor Corporation
2215:www.old-computers.com
1872:www.atariarchives.org
1791:www.old-computers.com
1610:disk operating system
1538:disk operating system
1521:for the Model 4, and
1175:cartridges (optional)
1142:BASIC 8001 (clone of
135:is a series of color
2253:DURRETT, H. (1979).
1703:" among its groups.
1251:machine code monitor
305:intelligent terminal
54:improve this article
2972:Veit, Stan (1993).
2063:Jakobson, Cathryn.
1710:which mimicked the
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581:FOREGND ON FLAG OFF
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2089:ComputerCloset.org
2049:2010-04-20 at the
1856:. January 4, 2021.
1805:"Sarasota Journal"
1552:System description
1548:returns to BASIC.
586:FOREGND ON FLAG ON
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3000:AtariArchives.org
2180:. compucolor.org.
2044:Old-Computers.com
2021:on 20 April 2010.
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1670:Maze Master
1472:Predecessor
1455:50/60
1445:EIA RS-232C
1272:to support
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1196:Predecessor
338:Intecolor /
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2074:14 January
1988:"Kilobaud"
1959:2023-06-03
1828:2022-12-12
1756:References
1730:Bomb Squad
1726:Freebooter
1708:Star Trip,
1636:Backgammon
1558:1.99
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1505:, and the
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1374:Units sold
1294:BASIC 8001
481:ERASE PAGE
476:ERASE LINE
324:RGB colors
311:delta-gun
249:Intel 8080
149:Intel 8080
133:Compucolor
80:newspapers
2943:InfoWorld
1914:Veit 1993
1761:Citations
1713:Star Trek
1701:shareware
1690:Star Trip
1682:Solitaire
1644:Blackjack
1632:Asteroids
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423:PLOT MODE
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162:into the
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2047:Archived
1950:Archived
1739:See also
1628:Air Raid
1621:Software
1580:firmware
1572:TMS 9927
1515:Apple II
1426:Graphics
1366:Lifespan
1314:FRE(X$ )
1288:Software
1274:IBM 3740
1241:, while
591:BLINK ON
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274:Keyboard
225:Lifespan
1660:Hangman
1640:Othello
1523:$ 1,995
1519:$ 1,695
1511:$ 2,395
1503:$ 1,795
1495:$ 1,495
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