The COSMAC VIP is an elegant computer. Compact. Clean. Uncluttered. 
The VP-111 (COSMAC VIP) offers the major elements of a full microcomputer on a single PC board. Just add power and make connections to your video monitor or rf modulator and home TV, and you're ready to go. The ROM resident operating system and simple instructions enable you to start programming immediately.
An on-board interface for all CDP1802 microprocessor lines, on-board provisions for an I/O interface, or the many expansion options available enable the serious hobbyist to go on to color displays, music, system prototyping, control functions, and other applications.
These include the RCA COSMAC ELF (an earlier kit), COSMAC VIP, Netronics ELF, and Quest SuperELF. But that's not all - the processor was also utilized by NASA on it's Voyager, Viking and Galileo space probes, as the 1802 was fabricated in "Silicon on Sapphire" (SOS), giving it radiation and static resistance, required for space operation.
Expansion options include:
VP-114 - on-board 4096 byte RAM expansion
VP-550 - super sound board
VP-560 - EPROM board
VP-565 - EPROM programmer board
VP-570 - 4K RAM expansion board
VP-580 - expansion keyboard
VP-590 - color board
VP-595 - simple sound board
VP-700 - Tiny BASIC ROM board
VP-711 - the VP-111 (VIP) with a nice blue plastic shell
VP-114 - on-board 4096 byte RAM expansion
VP-550 - super sound board
VP-560 - EPROM board
VP-565 - EPROM programmer board
VP-570 - 4K RAM expansion board
VP-580 - expansion keyboard
VP-590 - color board
VP-595 - simple sound board
VP-700 - Tiny BASIC ROM board
VP-711 - the VP-111 (VIP) with a nice blue plastic shell
主要参数编辑本段回目录
| Model: | VP-111 |
| Available: | 1977 |
| Price: | US$275 (in kit form) |
| CPU: | RCA CDP1802 @ 1.76MHz |
| Memory: | 2048 byte RAM, 512 byte ROM |
| Interface: | 16-key "hex" keypad |
| Display: | composite video, 64x32 pixels |
| Ports: | audio, video, cassette, parallel |
| Storage: | optional external cassette |
| OS: | RCA "CHIP-8" language |
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产品介绍编辑本段回目录
| Company | RCA |
| Product | COSMAC VIP |
| Cost | $250 with 2K RAM |
| Graphics Resolution | 64h × 32v |
| Indirect Dot Resolution | N.A. |
| Number of Colors | Black and white |
| Number of Graphics Characters | None |
| Graphics Statements | No high-level language statements but pseudo-assembly CHIP-8 mnemonics perform graphics plotting. |
| Comments | Has CHIP-8 graphics language in ROM, hex keypad, 1802 CMOS microprocessor. Very good product for the money. |
| Code | 1, 2 |
1977年编辑本段回目录
1977年是早期电脑设计的丰收年，此年中国的文化大革命刚刚结束。有如下计算机诞生：
| 1977 | |
Vector-1 | |
很多机型看起来都和现在的传统计算机方向有异。1977年的PET系列最大的特点是键盘的改良以及他的外壳设计。他的品牌意识“PET”进入视觉中心。下面的这款电脑，应该大书特书的！！1977年的TRS-80电脑！之所以需要大书特书，因为此计算机第一次采用“家用”计算机作为卖点。而且他们考虑到了方便携带的因素。非常家庭化的开始了“计算机游戏”的设计。所有的这些，都成了后来计算机乃至家庭电脑发展的重要参考系。商业价值也因为这样一个伟大创意而有了回报。1977年销售第一个月，卖出了1万台。
RCA COSMAC CDP 1802 (1976年)编辑本段回目录
参考文献编辑本段回目录
http://oldcomputers.net/rca-cosmac-vip.html
