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Research Machines Link 480Z

Research Machines · 1981

The networked classroom machine: Research Machines built the 480Z to work as a cluster over its own network with a shared disc, which is how British schools actually ran computer rooms in the early eighties. That networking is the interesting part and it long predates it being ordinary.

As catalogued

Maker
Research Machines
CPU
Zilog Z80A-4
Memory
64K, 256K
Styles
Link 480Z, 480Z with a disc
Regions
PAL (UK)
Chassis
single box with a detachable keyboard, for a school network
OS
CP/M / RML Network

Chips

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CPU
Zilog Z80A, Zilog Z8400AB1, NEC D780C-1, SGS Z8400AB1, Sharp LH0080A, Mostek MK3880N-4, GoldStar Z8400A, Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP

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