Colour Genie
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The EACA EG2000 Colour Genie is a computer produced by Hong Kong-based manufacturer EACA. It followed their earlier Video Genie I and II computers and was released around the same time as the business-oriented Video Genie III. The BASIC is compatible with the Video Genie I and II and the TRS-80, except for graphic and sound commands; some routines for Video Genie I BASIC commands were left over in the Colour Genie's BASIC ROM. Programs were provivided to load TRS-80 programms into the Colour Genie. Colour Genie disks could be read in a TRS-80 floppy disk drive but not vice versa.
Unlike the earlier Video Genies, which were compatible with their main competitor (the Model I TRS-80), the Colour Genie is also incompatible with the rival TRS-80 Color Computer -- one fundamental difference being the different CPUs.
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Technical Specifications
Internal hardware
- CPU
- Zilog Z80 , 2 MHz
- Video Hardware
- 6845 CRTC
- 40×25 text, 16 colours, 128 user defined characters
- 160×102 graphics, 4 colours
- Sound Hardware
- General Instruments AY-3-8910
- 3 sound channels, ADSR programmable
- 1 noise channel
- 2 8-bit wide I/O ports
- RAM:
- 16 KB RAM, expandable to 32 KB
- ROM:
- 16 KB containing LEVEL II BASIC
- Keyboard
- 63-key typewriter style
- 4 programmable function keys
I/O ports and power supply
- I/O ports:
- Composite video out and audio out (cinch plugs)
- Integrated RF modulator antenna output, which also carries sound, to TV
- Cartridge expansion slot (slot for edge connector with Z80 CPU address/data bus lines and control signals, as well as GND and voltage pins; used for ROM cartridges or the floppy disk controller
- 1200 baud tape interface (5 pin DIN)
- RS-232 port (5 pin DIN)
- Lightpen port (5 pin DIN)
- Parallel port for printer or joystick controller
- Power supply: 5V DC, +12V DC and -12V DC
External hardware options
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- Floppy disk controller with floppy disk station.
- Supported up to 4 drives (5.25 inch).
- Support for 90 KB SS/SD up to 720 KB DS/DD drives.
- Cassette recorder
- EPROM cartridge of 12 KB
- EG2013 Joystick Controller
- 2 Analogue joysticks with keypads
External links
- www.colourgenie.de.vu Colour Genie Homepage (at this time in German only)
- gansweith.freehostia.com/colourgenie/cgenie_en.html Colour Genie Homepage (English Version)
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