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Philips Microcomputer P2000T/38

Philips Microcomputer P2000T/38

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from Wikipedia:

The Philips P2000T home computer was Philips’ first real entry in the home computer market, after the Philips Videopac G7000 game system (better known in the U.S. as the Magnavox Odyssey2) which they already sold to compete with the Atari 2600 and similar game systems.

There was also an P2000M version with an additional 80-column card for use with a monochrome monitor. This version shipped with a monitor cabinet also housing a dual 5.25″ floppy drive. Basically the P2000T was a Z80 based home computer that used a Teletext display chip to produce the video picture and a small Mini Cassette recorder for mass storage (42 kByte).

The mini cassette was seen as a floppy drive from the user perspective using the automatic search for a program (CLOAD command) or free space (CSAVE). A command to display the directory of the cassette does also exist. Philips used components they already produced for other markets (television sets and dictation machines) to quickly design a small computer system. It was partially designed by Austrian professor Dieter Hammer.

They also copied the ROM cartridge system from their Videopac G7000 game system. One of these cartridges contained Microsoft BASIC. It was also possible to use cassette tape floppys.

source: wikipedia

  1. July 1st, 2011 at 14:55 | #1

    Back in the eighties, i have learn to type on this computer at school. Its was a very popular system in the Netherlands in those days. Also there where some fun 8 bit games on….

  2. November 24th, 2017 at 16:11 | #2

    Hello!
    I got a Philips P2000T / 38 computer that I want to rescue from scrapping. The computer is still working. However, I have no cassette with Basic interpreter.
    Can someone help me there?
    Thank you!
    Greeting,
    Joggy

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