TK-80

TK-80
Manufacturer: NEC
Release Date RRP Code Template:TK80 JP 1976-08-03 ¥88,50088,500

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The TK-80 (Training Kit μCOM80) is a hobbyist microcomputer released in 1976 by NEC. It is considered NEC's first meaningful foray into the home computer market.

Hardware

The TK-80 is a simple device designed to help Japanese consumers learn how to use computers. By default it is merely just a printed circuit board with eight seven segment VFD displays and twenty-five keys, however with expansions it can be given a full stroke keyboard, a cassette loader and can be hooked up to a television to run rudimentary software.

The TK-80, like many NEC home computers that succeeded it, had a limited western release in the form of the the TK-80A, available in the North American market. the TK-80 was also available in Australia through Tecnico Electronics.

Due to its suprising success, the TK-80 had many later revisions, such as the TK-80BS expansion kit, the TK-80E and The COMPO BS/80, and even copycats, eventually culminating in NEC releasing its first real home computer, the PC-8001.

Technical Specifications

• Main processor: μPD8080AD clocked at 2MHz
• RAM: 512B
• ROM: 768B
• Floppy Disk drive(s): None

Promotional material

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