A quite little strange belgium computer, which appeared under different designs... However, it is strangely similar to the Brazilian MC-1000 Color Computer from CCE.
Vaporware ?
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NAME
GEM 1000 Junior Computer / Charlemagne 999
MANUFACTURER
GEM
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Belgium
YEAR
1983
END OF PRODUCTION
Maybe 1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Basic (in French for the Charlemagne !)
KEYBOARD
50 rubber keys (blue for the Charlemagne) QWERTY with Basic statements (MC-1000) RESET, CTRL, SPACE, SHIFT, RETURN
CPU
Zilog Z80A
CO-PROCESSOR
Motorola MC 6847P (video)
RAM
16 kb, upgradable to 64 kb
ROM
8 kb
TEXT MODES
32 x 16
GRAPHIC MODES
256 x 192
COLORS
Yes...
SOUND
AY-3-8910 from General Instruments, 3 channels + white noise
(winter 83)
