Interact Home Computer
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The Interact Home Computer is a rare, very early (1978) American home computer made by Interact Electronics Inc of Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] It sold under the name "interact Model One home computer". Only a few thousand Interacts were sold before the company went bankrupt. Most were sold by the liquidator Protecto Enterprizes of Barrington, Illinois through mail order sales. Later on the design was sold to a French company, and re-branded as the "Victor Lambda" for the French market.
Technical specifications
- CPU: Intel i8080, 2.0 MHz
- Memory: 8K RAM, expandable to 16K RAM; 2K ROM
- Keyboard: 53-key chiclet
- Display: 17 x 12 text; eight colors, 112 x 78 graphics, four colors
- Sound: One voice, four octaves
- Ports: Television, two joysticks
- Built-in cassette recorder (1200 Bps)
- PSU: External AC transformer
- 1980 price $300 USD (equivalent to $1,145 in 2024)
References
- ^ "Interact Home Computer System". Retrieved 24 July 2013.