Sord M5

Sord M5

The Sord M5 (also sold in the United Kingdom and other countries by Computer Games Limited as the CGL M5), was a Japanese home computer launched by Sord Computer Corporation in 1982.It had keys similar to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, but with the bottom right corner chopped off.

Technical Specifications

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

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

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

Retail price

* UK Retail prices, December 1983 [Computer & Video Games magazine, December 1983]
** Sord M5 plus BASIC-I : £190
** BASIC-G : £35
** BASIC-F : £35
** FALC : £35

External links

* [http://www.web8bits.com/Marcas/Sord/English/M5.html Infos and photos Sord M5]
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~pmaydell/hardware/hallath/ More M5 images including circuit board]
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=217 Sord M5 at old-computers.com]

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