The Lynx was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983 as a 48 kB model. Several models were available with 48 kB, 96 kB or 128 kB RAM. It was possible to reach 192 kB with RAM expansions on board. John Shireff designed the hardware and Davis Jansons the firmware. The machine was based around a Z80A CPU clocked at 4 MHz (6 MHz for the 128/192 kB models) and featured a Motorola 6845 as video controller. It was possible to run CP/M with the optional 5.25" floppy disk-drive on the 96 kB and 128 kB models.
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| - El Lynx fue un ordenador doméstico británico de 8 bits lanzado a principios de 1983 por la compañía y diseñado por . Se lanzaron en total tres modelos :
* Lynx 48
* Lynx 96
* Lynx 128 (es)
- Le Lynx est un ordinateur personnel anglais qui était l'un des premiers modèles à 48kB de mémoire vive au début des années 1980. Il a été conçu par John Shireff et a été décliné en modèle 48kB, 96kB et 128kB. (fr)
- O Lynx foi um computador doméstico britânico de 8 bits, cujo modelo inicial foi lançado no início de 1983 com 48 KiB de RAM. O projetista do micro foi John Shireff e vários outros modelos seguiram-se ao Lynx 48, com 96, 128 e até mesmo 192 KiB de RAM através de expansões na placa-mãe. A máquina tinha a UCP Zilog Z80A com um clock de 4 MHz, e apresentava um Motorola 6845 como controlador de vídeo. Era até mesmo possível executar o SO CP/M com o drive opcional de 5" 1/4, nos modelos de 96 e 128 KiB. (pt)
- The Lynx was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983 as a 48 kB model. Several models were available with 48 kB, 96 kB or 128 kB RAM. It was possible to reach 192 kB with RAM expansions on board. John Shireff designed the hardware and Davis Jansons the firmware. The machine was based around a Z80A CPU clocked at 4 MHz (6 MHz for the 128/192 kB models) and featured a Motorola 6845 as video controller. It was possible to run CP/M with the optional 5.25" floppy disk-drive on the 96 kB and 128 kB models. (en)
- Der Lynx war ein britischer 8-bit-Heimcomputer der Firma . Er erschien erstmals Anfang 1983 zuerst als 48-kB-Modell. Darauf folgten weitere Modelle mit 96 kB oder 128 kB RAM. Mit einer Speichererweiterung war es möglich, 192 kB RAM zu erreichen. Der Schlagzeuger entwickelte die Hardware und die Firmware. (de)
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| - Der Lynx war ein britischer 8-bit-Heimcomputer der Firma . Er erschien erstmals Anfang 1983 zuerst als 48-kB-Modell. Darauf folgten weitere Modelle mit 96 kB oder 128 kB RAM. Mit einer Speichererweiterung war es möglich, 192 kB RAM zu erreichen. Der Schlagzeuger entwickelte die Hardware und die Firmware. Der Computer basierte auf einem Zilog-80-Prozessor, der auf 4 MHz getaktet war (6 MHz bei den 128/192-kB-Modellen) und beinhaltete einen Motorola 6845 als Video-Controller, der 32 kB VRAM belegte. Man konnte auf den 96-kB- und 128-kB-Modellen CP/M mit einem optionalen 5,25″-Floppy-Laufwerk betreiben. (de)
- The Lynx was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983 as a 48 kB model. Several models were available with 48 kB, 96 kB or 128 kB RAM. It was possible to reach 192 kB with RAM expansions on board. John Shireff designed the hardware and Davis Jansons the firmware. The machine was based around a Z80A CPU clocked at 4 MHz (6 MHz for the 128/192 kB models) and featured a Motorola 6845 as video controller. It was possible to run CP/M with the optional 5.25" floppy disk-drive on the 96 kB and 128 kB models. The machine was quite advanced for its time. A 48k machine cost £225, a 96k machine £299 and a 128k machine £345. When compared to its competitors, such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Oric 1, it was also fairly highly priced. Camputers rebranded and relaunched each machine on several occasions, with the 48k machine renamed the Leisure, and the 128k machine renamed as the Laureate. The machine had very little software available, and survived only until Camputers ceased trading in June 1984. It is believed that approximately 30,000 Camputers Lynx units were sold worldwide. Anston Technology took over in November 1984 and a re-launch was planned but never happened. In June 1986, Anston sold everything - hardware, design rights and thousands of cassettes - to the National Lynx User Group. The group planned to produce a Super-Lynx but was too busy supplying spares and technical information to owners of existing models, and the project never came into being. Unique features of this computer (compared to other home computers at the time) includes:
* All numbers were floating point BCD numbers (even line numbers).
* The computer always ran in "high" resolution graphics mode (256x252 pixels in eight colours) using 6 times 10 pixels characters. Only a few bytes of graphic memory could be manipulated during the horizontal sync period, and thus graphics were extremely slow compared to most other computers.
* Up to 192 kB of RAM and 20 kB of ROM (16 kB on the smallest model) on a 16 bit address bus was implemented using special hardware. As a consequence, certain RAM areas shadowed by ROM could only be used for data storage and the video memory had a green and alternative green bank that could be switched by a hardware register.
* For sound it had a simple (6 bit) DAC. A comparator was included to serve as an ADC (primarily used for reading from tape drives). Compared to, for example, the Commodore 64, the BASIC was more extensive and faster and resolution of graphics was better; but computer games on the other hand suffered from the special implementation and lack of hardware for sound and sprites. (en)
- El Lynx fue un ordenador doméstico británico de 8 bits lanzado a principios de 1983 por la compañía y diseñado por . Se lanzaron en total tres modelos :
* Lynx 48
* Lynx 96
* Lynx 128 (es)
- Le Lynx est un ordinateur personnel anglais qui était l'un des premiers modèles à 48kB de mémoire vive au début des années 1980. Il a été conçu par John Shireff et a été décliné en modèle 48kB, 96kB et 128kB. (fr)
- O Lynx foi um computador doméstico britânico de 8 bits, cujo modelo inicial foi lançado no início de 1983 com 48 KiB de RAM. O projetista do micro foi John Shireff e vários outros modelos seguiram-se ao Lynx 48, com 96, 128 e até mesmo 192 KiB de RAM através de expansões na placa-mãe. A máquina tinha a UCP Zilog Z80A com um clock de 4 MHz, e apresentava um Motorola 6845 como controlador de vídeo. Era até mesmo possível executar o SO CP/M com o drive opcional de 5" 1/4, nos modelos de 96 e 128 KiB. (pt)
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