Sord M5

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The Sord M5 (by CGL Home Computers), was a Japanese home computer available in 1983. It had keys similar to the Sinclair Spectrum, but with the bottom right corner chopped off.

Contents 1 Technical Specifications 1.1 Internal hardware 1.2 I/O ports and power supply 1.3 Language cartridge options 1.4 Retail price 2 Notes

[edit] Technical Specifications

[edit] Internal hardware

• CPU
  • Zilog Z80 , 3.58 MHz

• Video Hardware
  • 24x40 text (8x6 characters), 224 user defined characters
  • 256x192 graphics, 16 colours
  • 32 hardware sprites (up to 16x16 pixels)

• Sound Hardware
  • 3 sound channels
  • 1 noise channel
  • 6 octaves, 15 amplitude levels

• RAM:
  • 20 KB RAM (of which 16KB is screen memory)

• ROM:
  • 8 KB expandable to 16KB

[edit] I/O ports and power supply

• I/O ports:
  • TV out
  • Video out (phono socket)
  • Sound out (phono socket)
  • Centronics 16-pin interface
  • 8-pin DIN cassette connector

• Power supply: external

[edit] Language cartridge options

• BASIC-I
  • Integer arithmetic only (16 bit signed)
• BASIC-G
  • Graphics and sound functions
• BASIC-F
  • Floating point arithmetic
• FALC
  • applications package

[edit] Retail price

• UK Retail prices, December 1983 ^[1]
  • Sord M5 plus BASIC-I : £190
  • BASIC-G : £35
  • BASIC-F : £35
  • FALC : £35

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Computer & Video Games magazine, December 1983