Sega SG-1000
1983 · home computer
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sega |
|---|---|
| Release year | 1983 |
| Type | HOME COMPUTER |
| CPU | Z80A - 3.579 Mhz |
| Memory (RAM) | 1KB + 2KB VRAM |
| Configurations | The SG-1000 has one built-in joystick in the left side, and a port for a second in the right side. The Sega SK-1100 add-on keyboard is connected in the rear expansion slot, turning the SG-1000 to a SC-3000. The keyboard is the same used by the SC-3000. This add-on also include the cassette and the printer interface, and it allows use the BASIC cartridges. The ROM cartridges can have a size between 8KB and 48 KB. |
| Currency original price | 15000 YEN |
| Graphics | 256x192 @ 15 colors + 1 color coloration (210 mixing colors) |
| Operating System | Optional (Sega BASIC Level II and III with the SK-1100 keyboard add-on) |
| Others port | 1 joystick port. Cartridge port (44 pin) on top. Expansion slot on the rear. |
| Parallel port | Optional (with the SK-1100 Keyboard add-on) |
| Production end (mm-yyyy) | - 1985 |
| Sound | 3 sound channels with 4 octaves + 1 noise channel (TI SN-76489 PSG) |
| Storage memory | Cartridge (44 pin) |
| Text (Cols x Rows) | 38x24 (with Sega BASIC Level II and III) |
About the Sega SG-1000
SG stand Sega Game. In the first SG-1000, the label is black, while the later ones the label is blue. Also, the logo with the "SG-1000" use diferents chars types in the number "1". It was available a Sega C-1000 cartridge, named card-catcher that it allow use My Card, programs in format like a credit card. The SG-1000 can use all the cartridge games and my card of the Sega SC-3000 / SC-3000H computers and viceversa, except the Music cartridges and the BASIC's ones. This can be used with the SK-1100 add-on keyboard.
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