Prológica CP-400
The CP 400 COLOR was launched in 1984 by Prológica, a Brazilian company which made clone versions of various computers, under the general designation of "CP" (for "Computador Pessoal" in Portuguese, "Personal Computer" in English).[1][2][3][4]
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Manufacturer | Prológica |
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Type | Home computer |
Release date | 1984 |
Discontinued | 1987 |
Operating system | Color BASIC |
CPU | Motorola 6809E @ 0.89 MHz |
Memory | 16 or 64 KB RAM |
Storage | Audio cassette, Floppy disk |
Display | PAL-M video out, RGB video output |
Graphics | MC6847 video display generator |
Sound | 6-bit DAC |
Connectivity | RS232, tape interface, joystick connectors, cartridge port |
Backward compatibility | TRS-80 Color Computer 2 |
This machine was TRS-80 Color Computer 2 clone, but had a different case than the original machine.[5][6][7][8][9] The computer was 100% compatible with the original TRS-80 Color Computer 2, and was designed to work with the PAL-M TV standard used in Brazil.
The CP 400 COLOR was available with both 16 or 64 KB of RAM, and had a 55 key chiclet keyboard. At the back there were ports for TV out, RGB video monitor, cassette recorder, serial port, power supply and joysticks.[9] At the front there was a cartridge slot.[9]
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The CP 400 COLOR II, introduced in 1986, offered an internal power supply, better keyboard (with four extra keys: CTRL
, PA1
, PA2
and PA3
) and 64KB of RAM.[10][11] [12][13][14]
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