Best looking 8bit computer?
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
I'm quite fond of my C16's appearance. Bread-box but dark grey. Nice.
Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
My first computer : Salora Fellow
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
I would lean towards the original Atari 800, with the 800XL a close second.
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Didn't know anything og this one, wow it look great tooMisfit wrote:My first computer : Salora Fellow
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Wait a minute, Salora is a Finnish computer? I remember the finnish Salora tv's sold in Sweden.
In Sweden we had the swedish made Luxor ABC 80 and ABC 800 computers.
ABC 80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_80
ABC 800
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_800
Luxor was also was one of the few in the world that marketed Fairchild Channel F and renamed it to Luxor Entertainment System.
In Britain Channel F was renamed to Grandstand and in Germany to Saba Videoplay.
In Sweden we had the swedish made Luxor ABC 80 and ABC 800 computers.
ABC 80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_80
ABC 800
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_800
Luxor was also was one of the few in the world that marketed Fairchild Channel F and renamed it to Luxor Entertainment System.
In Britain Channel F was renamed to Grandstand and in Germany to Saba Videoplay.
Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Salora Fellow was a clone of Laser 200/210. Cheap and small.Vic 2000 wrote:Wait a minute, Salora is a Finnish computer? I remember the finnish Salora tv's sold in Sweden.
Later Salora released a new model "Salora Manager". It was a clone of Laser 2001.
Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Thanks for explaining. In Sweden Laser was sold under it's orginal name but disappeared from the market after only a short time.
Vtech made lots of stuff and i bought this one when LCD games was hot.
http://www.miniarcade.com/vtech/deputy.htm
Vtech made lots of stuff and i bought this one when LCD games was hot.
http://www.miniarcade.com/vtech/deputy.htm
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My cousin bought a Diamond Hunt and I got a Rabbit HopVic 2000 wrote:Vtech made lots of stuff and i bought this one when LCD games was hot.
http://www.miniarcade.com/vtech/deputy.htm
great games..
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Since we're only talking looks, here...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... -600xl.png
The 800XL looked cool, sure, but the 600XL was the same, basic design in a smaller footprint. Really slick!
i would also throw in a vote for the early TI-99/4a. A thing of beauty, that! At least until you start adding too many peripherals onto the bus connector off the right side... then it swiftly becomes one of the ugliest machines out there!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... G_1680.jpg
And the only neat-looking TRS-80, IMHO - the Model 1!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ropped.jpg
I think all other TRS-80s are ugly. Not the CoCo series and not the Tandy series, mind you... we're just talking about the Z-80 machines, here.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... -600xl.png
The 800XL looked cool, sure, but the 600XL was the same, basic design in a smaller footprint. Really slick!
i would also throw in a vote for the early TI-99/4a. A thing of beauty, that! At least until you start adding too many peripherals onto the bus connector off the right side... then it swiftly becomes one of the ugliest machines out there!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... G_1680.jpg
And the only neat-looking TRS-80, IMHO - the Model 1!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ropped.jpg
I think all other TRS-80s are ugly. Not the CoCo series and not the Tandy series, mind you... we're just talking about the Z-80 machines, here.
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
Someone more qualified needs to make this into a poll. From what I gathered, these make the 1st cut:
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Re: Best looking 8bit computer?
The Apple Lisa was 16-bit. Early Macs were 16 as well, it wasn't until the late 80s that they were 32-bit clean. The Apple IIgs was also 16-bit even though it was compatible with most of the 8-bit Apple II library. Hence, these machines would all be eliminated from the "poll."
Or maybe I'm being too literal
Or maybe I'm being too literal
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*ahem* Commodore Vic20 ??rhurst wrote:Someone more qualified needs to make this into a poll. From what I gathered, these make the 1st cut:
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