====== Video Technology Laser 210 / Dick Smith VZ-200 (1984) ======
===== Features =====
* CPU: Zilog Z80 A 3.58 MHz
* Co-Processor: Motorola 6847 (video processor)
* RAM: 6 KB Up to 64 KB with memory addons
* VRAM: 2 KB
* ROM: 16 KB
* Text Modes: 32 columns x 16 lines, 8 colors (Mode 0)
* Graphic Modes: 128 x 64 dots, 4 colors (Mode 1)
* Colors: 8
* Sound: 1 voice & 3 octaves
* I/O Ports: Tape-recorder (600 bauds), RF tv out, Composite video out (DIN), Memory upgrade port, Expansion port
* Keyboard: QWERTY, 45 rubber keys, Basic instructions and graphic symbols
* Built In Language: Microsoft Basic
===== Usage =====
Basic programs start with
RUN
Other programs usually start with
X=USR(0)
X=USR(0) can be typed out with the following PC keystrokes: "X", "SHIFT -", "U", "S", "R", "SHIFT 8", "0", "SHIFT 9", "ENTER".
===== History and Trivia =====
The Laser 200 / 210 was the successor of the Laser 100 / 110 (which had only monochrome graphic modes).
Adman Harbison says: "The Video Technology Laser 200 (and the Laser 300) were marketed in Australia by Dick Smith Electronics and badged as the VZ200 and the VZ300 computers. For memory the computers were exactly the same, although he can not be too sure. Some of the peripherals that I got while I had such a machine were things like a 16Kb expansion cartridge, a printer/plotter which wasn't much bigger than those little calculators that print out accounts etc. and some joysticks. The trouble with these computers was that they tended to die after a couple of years use. But they were cheap and came with a few software titles."
===== Links =====
* Planet VZ -- http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/laser/184/
* The VZ200 -- http://vz200.tripod.com/
* VZ Alive -- http://vzalive.bangrocks.com/
* VZ Online -- http://www.vz200-online.de.vu/
* VZ 200 / 300 Infos -- http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Dunes/6771/vz/
* Laser 200/210 at old-computers.com -- http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=155
===== Other Emulators =====
* WinVZ -- http://vzalive.bangrocks.com/emulators/
* VZEm (DOS) -- http://www.powerup.com.au/~intertek/VZ200/vz.htm
Generated on Sun Jul 19 10:17:28 2009