Personal computer produced by Samsung
SPC-1000 |
| Developer | Samsung, Hudson Soft |
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| Manufacturer | Samsung |
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| Generation | First |
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| Release date | 1983; 41 years ago (1983) |
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| Introductory price | 495,000 Won compared to $398.68 USD [1] |
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| Discontinued | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
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| Operating system | HuBASIC, CP/M |
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| CPU | Z80-A @ 4 MHz |
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| Memory | 64KB |
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| Storage | tape, floppy discs |
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| Display | 128 x 192 in 4 colors, and 256 x 192 in 2 colors, semigraphics in 9 colors |
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| Graphics | AMI S68047 |
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| Sound | General Instrument AY-3-8910 (3 voices, 8 octaves) |
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| Input | Keyboard |
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| Controller input | Gamepad |
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| Connectivity | 34-pin expansion bus, joystick port, centronics printer port, NTSC video out, RF connection |
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| Power | 110V/220V |
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| Dimensions | 48 x 27.5 x 9.5 cm |
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The SPC-1000 is a Z80-based personal computer produced by Samsung. It was the first computer created by the brand.[2] Developed in South Korea, it features built-in HuBASIC BASIC written by Hudson Soft in Japan.[3] The computer features a 4 MHz processor and 64 KB of RAM.
History
Launched in 1983, the SPC-1000 was the first personal computer produced by Samsung.[4] The machine was mainly used in education.[5]
Description
The main unit included the keyboard and a built-in tape recorder. External disk drives, a gamepad, and a dedicated CRT monitor[5] could be connected to this unit. It shipped with a user manual on how to use the computer. The computer was capable of running CP/M if equipped with double-side, double density floppy disk drives.
Software was available on cassette tapes, with more than one hundred titles released, between games and programs.[6] Some games were conversions of popular Arcade games in the early 1980s, but adapted to the computer limitations.[7][8]
Features
The computer uses a Zilog Z80 CPU running at 4 MHz,[3] and offers 64KB of RAM. Sounds is produced by a General Instrument AY-3-8910 chip, providing 3 voices with 8 octaves each.[3]
Video is generated by an AMI S68047 chip (quite similar to the Motorola 6847[9]), offering semigraphics in 9 colors, a 128 x 192 mode in 4 colors, or a 256 x 192 mode in 2 colors.[3][10]
Gallery
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Gamepad for SPC-1000
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Software cassette tapes for Samsung SPC series
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SPC-1000/1000A demonstration program tapes
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user contest software collection AAK-010T cover and AAK-011T tape
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SPC-1000 boot screen
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HuBASIC program listing
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SPC-1000 text and color demonstration
Video games
There are 65 known SPC-1000 video games[11][12]
