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Summary
SWTPC 6800 Computer System introduced by Southwest Technical Products Corp. of San Antonio, Texas in November 1975 and sold for $450. This computer used the Motorola 6800 microprocessor and peripherals. The CPU board had 128 bytes of RAM and 1024 bytes of ROM. The minimal system also had a 4096 byte RAM board and a serial interface.
The computer was used with the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CT1024_Monitor.jpg" title="File:CT1024 Monitor.jpg"> SWTPC CT-1024 Computer Terminal.</a>
The computer system could be expanded to 32K of RAM and 8 interface boards. A floppy disk system was introduced in June 1977. The SWTPC 6800 was upgraded in 1978 and discontinued in 1980.
Photo by Michael Holley, September 2005.
Taken with a Nikon E3200 camera under tungsten lighting.
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| current | 07:53, 15 January 2017 | | 1,875 × 1,425 (336 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>SWTPC 6800 Computer System introduced by Southwest Technical Products Corp. of San Antonio, Texas in November 1975 and sold for $450. This computer used the Motorola 6800 microprocessor and peripherals. The CPU board had 128 bytes of RAM and 1024 bytes of ROM. The minimal system also had a 4096 byte RAM board and a serial interface. </p> <p>The computer was used with the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CT1024_Monitor.jpg" title="File:CT1024 Monitor.jpg"> SWTPC CT-1024 Computer Terminal.</a> </p> <p>The computer system could be expanded to 32K of RAM and 8 interface boards. A floppy disk system was introduced in June 1977. The SWTPC 6800 was upgraded in 1978 and discontinued in 1980. </p> <p>Photo by Michael Holley, September 2005. </p> <p>Taken with a Nikon E3200 camera under tungsten lighting. </p> |
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