Thomson TO8

Historia

The Thomson TO8 is a home computer introduced by French company Thomson SA in 1986. It replaces its predecessor, the Thomson TO7/70 while remaining essentially compatible. The new features of the TO8, like larger memory and better graphics modes, are shared with the other third generation computers (Thomson MO6 and TO9+). The TO8 has a tape drive and Microsoft BASIC 1.0 (both a standard and a 512 KB version) on its internal ROM, and there is optionally an external floppy drive. An improved version, the Thomson TO8D, includes a built-in 3.5 floppy drive.

Características

Lenguajes  	BASIC 512 & BASIC 1.0 MICROSOFT
Teclado  	AZERTY full-stroke Teclado, upper and lower case, 81 Teclas
CPU  	Motorola 6809e
Velocidad  	1 MHz
RAM  	256 kb (up to 512 kb)
VRAM  	16 kb
ROM  	80 kv (BASIC 512, BASIC 1.0 MICROSOFT)
Modos de Texto  	40 x 25 (16 Colores) / 80 x 25 (2 Colores)
Modo gráfico  	160 x 200 (16 or 5 Colores), 320 x 200 (2, 3, 4 or 16 Colores), 640 x 200 (2 Colores)
Colores  	4096
Sonido  	4 channels, 7 octaves (6 bits DAC)
Puertos de entrada/salida  	Memoria expansion bus (256kb), expansion connector, external disk-drive, Centronics for printer, Video output (SCART), UHF video out (export models), 2 joystick/mouse connectors, light-pen, audio output, cassette interface, cartridge slot
Almacenamiento interno  	TO-8D: 3.5 disk-drive (640kb)
Fuente de alimentación  	PSU built-in