Aster CT-80
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 The very first "kit" version of the Aster CT-80 running Newdos/80. Note that the 64x16 TRS-80 mode screen uses only a small part of the monitor screen, because the letters are the same size as the 80×25 CP/M screen, this was one of the things that was soon after fixed with the redesign to a commercial product |
The Aster CT-80, an early home/personal computer developed by the small Dutch company MCP (later renamed to Aster Computers), was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists. Later it was sold ready to use. It consisted of several Eurocard PCB's with DIN 41612 connectors, and a backplane all based on a 19-inch rack configuration. It was the first commercially available Dutch personal/home computer. The Aster computer could use the software written for the popular Tandy TRS-80 computer while fixing many of the problems of that computer, but it could also run CP/M software, with a big amount of free memory (Transient Program Area, TPA) and a full 80×25 display, and it could be used as a Videotext terminal. Although the Aster was a clone of the TRS-80 model I it was in fact more compatible with the TRS-80 model III, and ran all the software of these systems including games. It also had a built in speaker which was compatible with such games software.
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| Pictures of the Aster CT-80 model one from a Spani... Pictures of the Aster CT-80 model one from a Spanish computer museum, the educational model with an opening for a cassette player is the one on the right www.museo8bits.com/aster_ct80.htm - Web |
| A picture of the Aster CT-80 model two used for a ... A picture of the Aster CT-80 model two used for a business application niels.horn.tripod.com/_images/mkb_hist_1983.jpg - Web |
| A picture of the Aster CT-80 model three without c... A picture of the Aster CT-80 model three without cover (Computermuseumgroningen does not have this item anymore) computermuseumgroningen.nl/tandy/clones/aster.jpg - Web |
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