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Mattel Aquarius
Manufacturer
Mattel Electronics
Type
Home computer
Release date
June 1983 (1983-06)
Introductory price
160 US$(today $490)
Discontinued
October 1983 (1983-10)[1]
Media
Cassette tape, ROM Cartridge
Operating system
Microsoft BASIC
CPU
Zilog Z80A @ 3.5 MHz
Memory
4KB RAM (expandable to 36KB), 8KB ROM
Display
80x72 semigraphics in 16 colors (40x24 character text, 8x8 pixel font)
Graphics
TEA1002 note the TEA1002 is purely the colour encoder, not the display generator
Sound
One voice
Input
Keyboard
Predecessor
Intellivision
Successor
Aquarius II, Aquarius+
Aquarius is a home computer designed by Radofin and released by Mattel Electronics in 1983. Based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor, the system has a rubber chiclet keyboard, 4K of RAM, and a subset of Microsoft BASIC in ROM. It connects to a television set for audiovisual output, and uses a cassette tape recorder for secondary data storage. A limited number of peripherals, such as a 40-column thermal printer, a 4-color printer/plotter, and a 300 baud modem, were released. The Aquarius was discontinued in October 1983, only a few months after it was launched.
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