TK-80BS
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The TK-80BS (μCOM Basic Station TK-80BS) is an expansion unit for the TK-80 and TK-80E. The release of the TK-80BS marked a change in NEC direction with the μCOM boards, changing it from being a training kit to showcase their microprocessors to a personal computer, culminating in the release of the COMPO-BS/80.
Hardware
The TK-80BS is an expansion unit made up of a keyboard and a board that includes extra RAM, ROM, and a TV and cassette interface.
The biggest addition that came with the TK-80BS was the ability to create and run BASIC programs on it, thanks to the built in Tiny BASIC in the extra ROM. This makes the TK-80BS, with a TK-80/E board, the first NEC system that had video game releases for it.
Technical Specifications
- RAM: 5K
- ROM: 8K
- Floppy Disk drive(s): None
Promotional material
| μCOM Training Kit series hardware |
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| TK-80 (1976) | TK-80E (1977) | COMPO-BS/80 (1979) | TK-85 (1980) |
| Components and Expansion Units |
| TK-M20K | TK-80BS (μCOM Keyboard) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://support.nec-lavie.jp/support/product/data/spec/acb/a688-1.html (Wayback Machine: 2024-03-23 06:47)