Sony-SMC

Historia

The SMC 70 was, like its successor, the SMC 70G designed for professional video applications. It was the first computer in the world to use 3.5 floppy disk, created a little earlier by Sony. The graphic and character display screens are controlled separately, the screen can be changed instantly from character to graphics, and so forth. There are four display surfaces in the 160 x 100 mode. Fun fact: This computer was briefly seen being used by the alien-human hybrid child Elisabeth in the V:The Final Battle miniseries.

Características

Lenguajes  	BASIC interpreter
Teclado  	Full-stroke Teclado, 72 Teclas with editing and arrow Teclas
CPU  	Z80A
Velocidad  	4.028
RAM  	64
VRAM  	32 KB + 2KB Character RAM
ROM  	16 KB
Modos de Texto  	40 x 25
Modo gráfico  	160 x 100 /
Coloresc  	16 / 4 (640 x 200) / 640 x 400 (monochrom)
Sonido  	? voices, 5 octaves
Puertos de entrada/salida  	RS 23C, Tape, Light Pen, Key Pad, Audio output, RGB Multi Out, B/W Multi Out, I/O Expansion connector, Centronics.
Almacenamiento interno  	2 x optional 3.5 disk-drives
OS  	CP/M
Fuente de alimentación  	Built-in Fuente de alimentación unit

Características

Teclado  	Full-stroke Teclado, 69 Teclas, 5 function Teclas, help key, cursor Teclas big blue ones)
CPU  	Zilog Z80 A
Velocidad  	4.028 MHz
RAM  	64 KB
VRAM  	32 KB
ROM  	16 KB
Modos de Texto  	40 X 25 / 80 x 25
Modo gráfico  	320 x 200 / 640 X 200
Coloresc  	4096 (16 in 320 x 200 / 4 in 640 x 200)
Sonido  	Built-in speaker (adjustable volume), 3 channels + noise channel
Tamaño/Peso  	490 x 94 x 289mm / 4.5Kg
Puertos de entrada/salida  	RGB video out, Centronics, Parallel printer interface, Joystick (x 2), Tape (1200 bauds), Expansion
Almacenamiento interno  	3.5 disk-drive (single sided, 437.5k)
OS  	CP/M 2.2
Fuente de alimentación  	Built-in PSU, AC 100V
Perifericos  	optional 2nd disk-drive, numeric keypad
Precio  	118000 yen (198x, Japan)
148000 yen (198x, Japan)

Historia

he Sony NEWS (Network Engineering Workstation, later NetWorkStation) is a series of Unix workstations sold during the late 1980s and 1990s. The first NEWS machine was the NWS-800, which originally appeared in Japan in January 1987 and was conceived as a desktop replacement for the VAX series of minicomputers.

Características

CPU: Motorola 68030@25 MHz
FPU: Motorola 68882
RAM: 8 MB, extendable to 12 MB
Harddisk: 240 MB
Floppy Disk Drive: 3.5″, 1.44 MB
OS: NEWS-OS
Display: 11″ b&w LCD, backlit
Graphics: 1120×780
Interfaces: mouse, audio (phones, line in, mic in), SCSI, Ethernet (AUI), serial (DB9), parallel (proprietary), SCSI (SCA?)
Released: 21.07.1990
Initial price: 1,550,00 Yen (or 25,000 DM)