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[[Image:KCcompact.jpg|thumb|KC compact]]
The '''KC Compact''' is a [[Clones|clone]] of the Amstrad CPC developed 1990 in east germany.
''Note: This is the edited translation of a magazine advert for the computer. I don't know the original translator, so I'm afraid no credit can be given.''
The KC compact is a new developed home computer, made by VEB Mikroelektronik "Wilhelm Pieck" Muehlhausen. The system can be expanded software- or hardware-wise.
The KC compact is a compact, easy to use computer. It consists of a base unit with integrated keyboard and an external power supply. An RGB-monitor or a (non)colour-TV can be connected. A cassette recorder is used to store data. A disc-drive is to follow soon.
The homecomputer sports an 8-bit-processor, 64 Kbyte RAM and 32 Kbyte ROM. The BASIC-interpreter with an extended instruction set (181 instructions) and the operating system (non KC-85 compatible) are stored in ROM.
The KC compact has a sound-generator with three channels and 8 octaves.
In comparison with KC-85-system the KC compact has a new design: the newly designed keyboard has 69 keys. The keyboard is programmable (ASCII-codes, autorepeat on/off). Seven keys may be programmed with words and instructions (jobs).
External equipment (like a disc drive) can be connected to the the expansion port. There are connectors for cassette recorder, joystick, sound and a centronics-printer port.
==Graphic modes==
The computer supports three graphic modes:
*mode 0: 200 * 160 pixels with 16 of 27 colours
*mode 1: 200 * 320 pixels with 4 of 27 colours
*mode 2: 200 * 640 pixels with 2 of 27 colours
Independent of screenmode there are 25 lines. The number of characters per line depends on the screenmode.
*mode 0: 20 characters/line
*mode 1: 40 characters/line
*mode 2: 80 characters/line
==Technical data==
*name: microcomputer KC compact
*construction type: base unit with integrated keyboard and external power supply
*dimensions: base unit 390x220x50mm, power supply 125x76x62mm
*weight: ca. 3500 g
*protection class: IP20 TGL RGW 778
*power: 25 watts
*voltage: 220 V/external power supply
*processor: UA880
*clock frequenzy: 4 MHz
*memory: 32 Kbyte ROM (operating system, BASIC),64 Kbyte RAM, 42 Kbyte free for user
*resolution: 640x200 with 2 of 27 colours, 320x200 with 4 of 27 colours, 160x200 with 16 of 27 colours
*max. pixels: 128,000
*palette: 27
*screen unit: normal (non)colour-TV or monitor with RGB-input
*TV-connector: HF-modulator, ch 36, PAL or SCART-connector
*ports: expansion port, joystick, tape, sound, parallel printer port (centronics)
*external data storage: cassette recorder
*tape-interface: 1000 bit/s, 2000 bit/s switchable non KC-85 compatible
*sound: 3 channels, 8 octaves, sound- and SCART-interface (stereo) HF-interface (mono)
*keys: 69
*lines: 25
*charaters per line: 20/40/80
*programming languages: BASIC (ROM), other languages can loaded from tape/disc (assemler,pascal)
*KC compact includes: ground device, power supply, BASIC-handbook, Demo-tape
The '''KC Compact''' is a [[Clones|clone]] of the Amstrad CPC developed 1990 in east germany.
''Note: This is the edited translation of a magazine advert for the computer. I don't know the original translator, so I'm afraid no credit can be given.''
The KC compact is a new developed home computer, made by VEB Mikroelektronik "Wilhelm Pieck" Muehlhausen. The system can be expanded software- or hardware-wise.
The KC compact is a compact, easy to use computer. It consists of a base unit with integrated keyboard and an external power supply. An RGB-monitor or a (non)colour-TV can be connected. A cassette recorder is used to store data. A disc-drive is to follow soon.
The homecomputer sports an 8-bit-processor, 64 Kbyte RAM and 32 Kbyte ROM. The BASIC-interpreter with an extended instruction set (181 instructions) and the operating system (non KC-85 compatible) are stored in ROM.
The KC compact has a sound-generator with three channels and 8 octaves.
In comparison with KC-85-system the KC compact has a new design: the newly designed keyboard has 69 keys. The keyboard is programmable (ASCII-codes, autorepeat on/off). Seven keys may be programmed with words and instructions (jobs).
External equipment (like a disc drive) can be connected to the the expansion port. There are connectors for cassette recorder, joystick, sound and a centronics-printer port.
==Graphic modes==
The computer supports three graphic modes:
*mode 0: 200 * 160 pixels with 16 of 27 colours
*mode 1: 200 * 320 pixels with 4 of 27 colours
*mode 2: 200 * 640 pixels with 2 of 27 colours
Independent of screenmode there are 25 lines. The number of characters per line depends on the screenmode.
*mode 0: 20 characters/line
*mode 1: 40 characters/line
*mode 2: 80 characters/line
==Technical data==
*name: microcomputer KC compact
*construction type: base unit with integrated keyboard and external power supply
*dimensions: base unit 390x220x50mm, power supply 125x76x62mm
*weight: ca. 3500 g
*protection class: IP20 TGL RGW 778
*power: 25 watts
*voltage: 220 V/external power supply
*processor: UA880
*clock frequenzy: 4 MHz
*memory: 32 Kbyte ROM (operating system, BASIC),64 Kbyte RAM, 42 Kbyte free for user
*resolution: 640x200 with 2 of 27 colours, 320x200 with 4 of 27 colours, 160x200 with 16 of 27 colours
*max. pixels: 128,000
*palette: 27
*screen unit: normal (non)colour-TV or monitor with RGB-input
*TV-connector: HF-modulator, ch 36, PAL or SCART-connector
*ports: expansion port, joystick, tape, sound, parallel printer port (centronics)
*external data storage: cassette recorder
*tape-interface: 1000 bit/s, 2000 bit/s switchable non KC-85 compatible
*sound: 3 channels, 8 octaves, sound- and SCART-interface (stereo) HF-interface (mono)
*keys: 69
*lines: 25
*charaters per line: 20/40/80
*programming languages: BASIC (ROM), other languages can loaded from tape/disc (assemler,pascal)
*KC compact includes: ground device, power supply, BASIC-handbook, Demo-tape
