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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 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. | ||
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| + | | cpu=[[µPD8086]] | ||
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| + | | ram=512B | ||
| + | | rom=768B | ||
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The TK-80 (Training Kit 80) 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.
Due to its suprising success, the TK-80 had many later revisions and even copycats, eventually culminating in NEC releasing its first real home computer, the PC-8001.
Technical Specifications
- Main processor: µPD8086 clocked at 2MHz
- RAM: 512B
- ROM: 768B
- Floppy Disk drive(s): None