THE HT-1080Z, HT-2080Z AND HT-3080C COMPUTERS Hungary/Others

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OVERVIEW

HT-1080Z

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HT-1080Z/64

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The HT-1080Z, HT-2080Z and HT-3080C computers were manufactured by Híradástechnika Szövetkezet in Budapest, Hungary from 1983 to 1986. The HT-1080Z was one of the first official school computers in Hungary.

Initial versions were unaltered VideoGenie I computers relabeled and mounted with an on-board Yamaha/General Instruments AY-3-8910 sound chip. (The EACA VideoGenie I was in turn slightly modified clone of the popular TRS-80 Model 1 with Level II BASIC. The Yamaha chip is the same one that appeared in other famous computer models, such as the Amstrad and the Atari ST.)

Later revisions of HT-1080Z were re-designed by Híradástechnika Szövetkezet to have accented Hungarian characters, modified ROM contents (BASIC extensions) and several peripherals.

The basic properties of the most popular HT-1080Z models are summarized here:
Name HT-1080Z
Manufacturer Híradástechnika Szövetkezet, Budapest, Hungary
Type School computer
Year 1983-1986
Built-in language BASIC (Microsoft 12k Level II BASIC)
CPU Z80
Speed 1.77 MHz
Keyboard Full stroke QWERTY keyboard, no extra Hungarian keys
RAM 16kB, later 48kB
ROM 12kB + 1.5kB extension (monitor, Hungarian support)
Text modes 16x32 or 16x64 switchable
Graphic modes 128x48
Colors Monochrome (black and white)
Display External composite video monitor or black&white TV
Sound Built-in AY-3-8910 sound chip (3 channels and noise, 11 octave)
I/O ports 50 pin expansion bus, TV signal, external tape, composite video, 8 bit I/O
port (provided by the AY-3-8910)
Built-in storage media Built-in tape recorder with normal compact cassette (500 baud)
Power supply Built-in power supply
Peripherals Printer interface; extension unit with floppy controller and high-resolution graphics
controller; external floppy drive
Price 35 400 HUF (in 1984), about 700 USD (note that HUF was not convertible to USD at
that time)

HT-1080Z/64 had 48kB RAM and support of accented Hungarian characters.

Source :

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 http://ht.homeserver.hu/html/english.html

Emulators:

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http://ht.homeserver.hu/html/english.html#emulator

Basic Programs :

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http://ht.homeserver.hu/html/programbasic.html

Tools :

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http://ht.homeserver.hu/html/english.html#tools

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The SAM Coupé (Pronounced: "Sam Koo-Pay" from its original British English branding) is an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in late 1989. It is commonly considered a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, since it features a compatible screen mode and emulated compatibility, and it was marketed as a logical upgrade from the Spectrum. It was originally manufactured by Miles Gordon Technology (MGT), based in Swansea in the United Kingdom. ; Source:

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A DEMO :

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKnlJ0b-A44&feature=player_detailpage

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Wonderful.

My mother worked for the German factory TCS who also imported those from EACA in Hong Kong and edited those for the German market.

My favo computer If someone has one off those i would be interested to buy

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I enjoy immensely finding and sharing about computers of "back in the day" especially those unheard of beauties. We all know about Amiga, Commodore, Texas Instruments and those others of North America, but it takes a lot of searching to find info on those from what we called the Eastern Bloc or USSR. It is very interesting to find the technology from that area as well as the gems available everywhere. Glad to share , and happy you liked.

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A strange computer which debuted at the Las-Vegas Comdex in November 1983. From the outside it looks like a normal home computer, but it has a built in 80 character LCD display. That, and the built-in 300/1200 baud modem could have made this computer for hackers interest. The Sunrise was quite a flop for the introductory price of $ 2995, and never made it to market, it was sold off in 1986 for $ 299 by liquidators. The built-in micro cassette recorder could be used for data or voice as a voice recorder. The Sunrise included option ROM cartridges for additional applications, such as the included tutorial. An expansion box (1850) added floppy drives and addition slots. There was also a RCA jack allowing connection to a colour TV for 40 columns of text.
A simplified model of the Xerox 1800, without the LCD screen. It was called the Xerox 1805 and cost $ 1595.

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Other Las-Vegas Comdex 83 news : The Actrix DS was presented at the Las-Vegas Comdex in November 1983. There was another model called the Actrix SS with a 170k 5''1/4 disk-drive. Actrix seems to mean "ACcess maTRIX"• source:

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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=502&st=1

: and also the famous exchange of words between Gates and Jobs when Gates unveiled a mouse-based, graphical user interface system called Windows.

“You’re ripping us off!”, Jobs reportedly screamed at the unassuming Microsoft founder. “I trusted you, and now you’re stealing from us!”

Gates response, reportedly delivered with an uncharacteristic calm, has become the stuff of legend.

“Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it,” he offered plainly. “I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”

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IQ-151

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IQ-151 The IQ-151 was a czechoslovakian school micro manufactured by ZPA Novy Bor. It featured MHB 8080A processor, 32 KB RAM and 4 KB ROM, B&W text display 32(64) x 32. The standard peripheral was only the cassette player but with a special modules was also possible to connect a printer, plotter and the other peripherals. A most common modules was: VIDEO [display], BASIC [interpreter], BASIC G [graphic Basic interpreter], GRAFIK [256 x 512 graphics], STAPER [printer], MINIGRAF [plotter]. IQ-151 featured 5 expansion slots for these modules.


Google seems to have a lot of links on this gem. My search was : IQ 151 czechoslovakian computer

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ONDRA

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Developed in Elstroj and produced by Tesla Liberec and leter Tesla Blatna, Ondra presents probably the most promissing czechoslovakian home/school micro of 80's. It was build around U880 processor (East Germany version of Z80), 64 KB RAM and 4 KB ROM, 320 x 255 graphic display. The only peripherals possible to connect was the cassette player and the Centronics printer. (Btw TESLA has - officialy - nothing to do with famous electrician Nikola Tesla, it stands for TEchnika SLAboprouda [Light current technics]

Wikipedia and google have some on this .

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PP-01

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PP-01 This 8-bit microcomputer was produced in former Czechoslovakia by ZAVT (Zavody automatizace a vypocetni techniky). It featured MHB 8080 processor and 64 KB RAM (24 KB reserved for display), 256 x 256 graphic resolution and 8 colors. The black-and-white TV or a color monitor could be attached (strange enough, not a color TV). The standard cassette player was used as the data storage device and a graphic oriented basic G/Basic was supplied with the machine.


PP 01 portable computer

ca. 1985----- Manufacturer, ZVT------Czechoslovakia

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PHILIPS VG 5000

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PHILIPS VG 5000 The Philips VG 5000 was created in 1983 - by a french company called RTC - as a cheap computer for beginers. It runs on Z80 CPU, 24 KB RAM (max. 56) and is not compatible with the other Philips VG computers. It uses Basic from Microsoft.

Google will help with this one.

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Hanimex Pencil II (1983)

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Hanimex Pencil II (1983) - this australian computer was built in Hong Kong by Soundic Electronics. It used Z80 microprocessor and 18 KB RAM (max. 82 KB).

As always google is your friend for more info, and interesting was a forum posting of a donation of one of these on bannister.org forum hoping for an emulator from MESS for it. I kidnapped the last two images from that forum.