Telmac TMC-600
Encyclopedia
The Telmac TMC-600 was a Finnish microcomputer
produced during the early 1980s. It was introduced in 1982 by Telercas, the Finnish
importer of RCA microchips. Only 600 units were produced, making it very rare today. The TMC-600 was the only commercially available microcomputer designed and manufactured in Finland. http://www.tietokonemuseo.net/koneita/telmac600.htm
Microcomputer
A microcomputer is a computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit. They are physically small compared to mainframe and minicomputers...
produced during the early 1980s. It was introduced in 1982 by Telercas, the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
importer of RCA microchips. Only 600 units were produced, making it very rare today. The TMC-600 was the only commercially available microcomputer designed and manufactured in Finland. http://www.tietokonemuseo.net/koneita/telmac600.htm
Specifications
- RCA 1802 (COSMAC)RCA 1802The RCA CDP1802, also known as the COSMAC , is an 8-bit CMOS microprocessor introduced by RCA in early 1976. It is being by Intersil Corporation as a high-reliability microprocessor...
microprocessor CPU - cassette tape interface
- 9 KBKilobyteThe kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Although the prefix kilo- means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol KB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information...
RAMRandom-access memoryRandom access memory is a form of computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order with a worst case performance of constant time. Strictly speaking, modern types of DRAM are therefore not random access, as data is read in...
, expandable to 30 KB - 80×72 pixelPixelIn digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled....
s display resolutionDisplay resolutionThe display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube , flat panel or projection... - able to run a CHIP-8CHIP-8CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by the late Joseph Weisbecker. It was initially used on the COSMAC VIP and Telmac 1800 8-bit microcomputers in the mid-1970s. CHIP-8 programs are run on a CHIP-8 virtual machine...
interpreterInterpreter (computing)In computer science, an interpreter normally means a computer program that executes, i.e. performs, instructions written in a programming language...
External links
- Pelikonepeijoonit - Telmac TMC-600 page
- Old Computer and Game Consoles Finland - Telmac TMC-600 page
- Emma 02 including TMC-600 Emulator