Comx-35

The COMX-35 was a home computer that was one of the very few systems to use the RCA 1802 microprocessor, the same microprocessor that is also used in some space probes. thumb|A COMX-35 computer The COMX-35 had a keyboard with an integrated joystick in place of cursor keys. It was relatively inexpensive and came with a large collection of software. COMX-35 was manufactured in Hong Kong by COMX World Operations Ltd and was released in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Norway, Italy, Singapore, Turkey and the People's Republic of China.

==Hardware== ===Technical specifications=== CPU: RCA CDP1802 at or (NTSC) Random-access memory: ( max) ROM: with BASIC interpreter VIS: (Video Interface System) RCA CDP1869/CDP1870 Text modes: 40 columns x 24 lines. Alternative , and Character set: 128 Programmable characters, the default character set displayed only uppercase characters Character size: 6x9 (PAL) or 6x8 (NTSC) pixels, alternative up to 6x16 Graphics modes: None, but the character-set was re programmable to simulate a High Resolution display Colours: A total of 8 foreground colours are available (with a limited choice of 4 per character and 1 per line of that character) and 8 background colours (defined for the whole screen). Sound: RCA CDP1869 2 channels: one for tone generation with a span of 8 octaves, and 1 for special effect/white noise. Volume programmable in 16 steps.