IQ 151
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Personal computer
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produced by ZPA Nový Bor in the former Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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It had a Tesla
Tesla (company)
TESLA was a large, state-owned electrotechnical conglomerate in the former Czechoslovakia....
MHB8080A (copy of Intel 8080
Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 was the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and was released in April 1974. It was an extended and enhanced variant of the earlier 8008 design, although without binary compatibility...
) CPU
Central processing unit
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/ 2 MHz, 32 KB
Kilobyte
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RAM (later on 64 KB), 4 KB ROM
Read-only memory
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, with video
Video
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output and the BASIC programming language as external modules. It was primarily used in Czech schools, while in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
the PMD 85
PMD 85
The PMD 85 was an 8-bit personal computer produced from 1985 by the companies Tesla Piešťany and Bratislava in the former Czechoslovakia.They were deployed en masse in schools throughout Slovakia, while the IQ 151 performed a similar role in Czech part of the country.PMD 85s were famous for their...
series were used instead.
This computer was produced locally due to a lack of foreign currency
Currency
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with which to buy systems from the West
Western world
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. After the fall of Communism
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...
in 1989, production of the IQ 151 was stopped since it was not competitive in terms of price, quality or features compared to modern PCs.