Help on Spectravision Compumate!

[ATARIPITBULL]

I want to know if the Spectravision compumate will work on a NTSC system and if it does, what is it really good for?

 

[CPUWIZ]

The NTSC version is very hard to find, the PAL one will roll. It turns the 2600 into a crude BASIC computer.

[The Historian]

My NTSC Compumate works like a dream.

 

There are a few basic programs already written out here in the ether.

 

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Compumate FAQs

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[Godzilla]

I just got a pal compumate recently. Always wanted a computer for my 2600 :-) glad to finally have one.

 

Were there any other devices of this type that actually came out?

 

Did atari's graduate get market tested anywhere? or was it strictly proto only?

[The Historian]

IIRC this was the only item to make it to market.

[Godzilla]

just having fun with some of the 'could have beens'...

 

 

unitronics expander

 

 

7800

 

 

the graduate itself

 

 

the 3k entex piggy back

 

any thing else out there in ether? anyone in the european community know more?

[ATARIPITBULL]

Hey Godzilla, have you tried your compumate on your 2600 system and if so, how did it work?

 

[paul]

Were there any other devices of this type that actually came out?

 

Here's an article from the October 1983 issue of Popular Science:

 

"New add-ons turn video games into computers"

 

http://www.geocities.com/pls422/add-ons.html

 

The article talks about the Atari Graduate, Coleco Adam, Mattel HECS, Spectravideo Compumate, and the Vectrex Keyboard. I don't know which ones actually made it to market though...

[Nukey Shay]

If you have serious computer jobs in mind, look at Coleco's Adam

[Godzilla]

yea, i bought that mag off ebay a bit ago

nothing I didnt already know in it, tho

[Marco]

Were there any other devices of this type that actually came out?

 

There's a couple of variations of the Compumate:

 

- Heimcomputer by Universum (Germany)

- Dactar-Comp by Dactar (Brazil; has actual keys!)

- CompuGame by Sosecal (Brazil)

 

Cheers,

Marco

[Godzilla]

cool, i thought so. thanks marco Id love to have them all

[Marco]

The first is common as Combat

The second is do-able, but it may cost a year to track one down

The third appears to be rarer than Video Live

 

:wink:

 

Cheers,

Marco

[Godzilla]

damn, thats hella rare, eh?

[Marco]

Untill about a month ago that Sosecal CompuGame was unknown to exist as far as I know. Of course, it's most likely not by far as rare as Video Life, but there's some pretty rare and obscure stuff coming from Brazil. And the cool thing is almost every month something previously unknown shows up. And, on top of that, it's NTSC compatible, which should make it more interesting to all you "NTSC-only" collectors

 

Cheers,

Marco

[CPUWIZ]

Untill about a month ago that Sosecal CompuGame was unknown to exist as far as I know. Of course, it's most likely not by far as rare as Video Life, but there's some pretty rare and obscure stuff coming from Brazil. And the cool thing is almost every month something previously unknown shows up. And, on top of that, it's NTSC compatible, which should make it more interesting to all you "NTSC-only" collectors  

 

Cheers,

Marco

 

I should just get the stuff from Bonnacorsi directly instead of trying to battle you.

 

 

Oh wait, you've probably tried that.

[Godzilla]

whos this bono guy? and how do I get stuff direct its always cheaper that way

[CPUWIZ]

@Marco: Shhh!

[surfnmadness]

Dam,

 

To think I had ordered the Graduate keyboard for my system back in the 80's. Then I cancelled it after mom & dad got me an Apple wantabe computer called Franklin 1200. My 2600 went into a box shortly after that and I remember destroying all my boxes for my 100+ carts just to get it all in one box.