The SPC-1000 is the first
Z80-based
personal computer produced by
Samsung. It was developed in
South Korea, with built-in ''HuBASIC''
BASIC
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College ...
written by
Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...
in Japan.
The computer features a 4 MHz processor and 64 KB of RAM.
History
The SPC-1000 launched in 1983 as the first personal computer produced by Samsung. The machine was mainly used in education.
Description
The main unit includes the keyboard and a built-in tape recorder. External disk drives, a
gamepad, and a dedicated CRT monitor
can be connected to this unit. The computer can run
CP/M
CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/ 85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. Initial ...
if equipped with double-sided, double density floppy disk drives.
Software was published on
cassette tape
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens ...
s, with more than one hundred games and programs. Some games were
conversions
Conversion or convert may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Conversion" (''Doctor Who'' audio), an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman''
* "Conversion" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series
* "The Conversion" ...
of popular
Arcade games
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade v ...
in the early 1980s, adapted to the computer's limitations.
Features
The computer has a
Zilog Z80 CPU running at 4 MHz,
and 64KB of RAM. Sound is produced by a
General Instrument AY-3-8910
The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice programmable sound generator (PSG) designed by General Instrument in 1978, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. The AY-3-8910 and its variants were used i ...
chip, providing 3 voices with 8 octaves each.
Video is generated by an
AMI S68047 chip (quite similar to the
Motorola 6847
The MC6847 is a video display generator (VDG) first introduced by Motorola and used in the TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon 32/64, Laser 200, TRS-80 MC-10/Matra Alice, PC-6000 series, NEC PC-6000 series, Acorn Atom, and the APF Imagination Machine, ...
), offering
semigraphics in 9 colors, a 128 × 192 mode in 4 colors, or a 256 × 192 mode in 2 colors.
Gallery
File:Samsung Electronics joystick SJ-1500 20070531.jpg, Gamepad for SPC-1000
File:Samsung SPC series software cassette tapes 20070601.jpg, Software cassette tapes for Samsung SPC series
File:Samsung SPC-1000 SPC-1000A demonstration program tapes 20070601.jpg, SPC-1000/1000A demonstration program tapes
File:Samsung SPC-1000 series software AAK-010T AAK-011T 20070601.jpg, User contest software collection AAK-010T cover and AAK-011T tape
File:SPC1000BOOT.GIF, SPC-1000 boot screen
File:SPC1000SOURCE.GIF, HuBASIC program listing
File:SPC-1000TEXT.GIF, SPC-1000 text and color demonstration
Video games
There are 65 known SPC-1000 video games.
Game Index - Conversions SPC-1000
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References
{{Commons, SPC-1000
Microcomputers
Computer-related introductions in 1983
Personal computers
Z80-based home computers
Samsung computers