CPU
Motorola MC6809E, Hitachi HD6809E
Tandy Color Computer
Tandy · 1980
The Color Computer, and an oddity in Tandy's Z80-based catalogue: a 6809, the best 8-bit processor anybody made, with Microsoft BASIC and a cartridge slot. The 6809 is why OS-9 — a genuine multitasking, multi-user operating system — ran on a home computer in 1980.
As catalogued
- Maker
- Tandy
- CPU
- Motorola MC6809E-0.89
- Memory
- 4K, 16K, 32K
- Styles
- chiclet keys, melted keys (1982)
- Regions
- NTSC (US), PAL (Europe)
- Chassis
- wedge with chiclet keys
- OS
- Color BASIC / Extended Color BASIC
Chips
Video (VDG)
Motorola MC6847, Motorola MC6847T1
SAM
Motorola MC6883, Motorola SN74LS783
PIA
Motorola MC6821, Motorola MC6822
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