From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!trc Newsgroups: net.micro Title: New computer - Spectra Video Article-I.D.: houti.195 Posted: Fri Jan 14 16:37:48 1983 Received: Sat Jan 15 08:29:45 1983 Anyone out there have any more info on the Spectra video computer described in Infoworld a few issues back? Anyone seen it? For those of you who missed the article, here are some partial specs: Price - $299 runs "80 column CP/M" (but a sales man I talked to said 80 col. board is extra) calculator style keyboard - with built in Joystick upper/lower case, graphics characters (high res. graphics not mentioned - salesman's description implied existance of color, high res. but he wasnt sure) Built in 32K RAM, 32K ROM, Max 144K RAM, 96K ROM (expansion - 16K $100, 32K $160 - need expander box) Need an expansion unit for additional peripherals - $175 with slots for 7 peripherals Peripherals include disc, modem, graphics tablet, printer, etc and are promised for March 83. Graphics tablet, as described by salesman, sounds "real", but costs only $150 !! Disk costs $525 It looks like a 64K and disk system could be put together for about $1200. If these specs are right, it sounds pretty nice, even with the relatively "cheap" keyboard.