Internal hardware

• CPU: Zilog Z80
  Zilog Z80
  The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog and sold from July 1976 onwards. It was widely used both in desktop and embedded computer designs as well as for military purposes...
  
   , 3.58 MHz
• Video Hardware: TMS9918
  • 24x40 text (8x6 characters), 224 user defined characters
  • 256x192 graphics, 16 colours
  • 32 hardware sprites
    Sprite (computer graphics)
    In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene...
    
     (up to 16x16 pixels)
• Sound Hardware: SN76489
  • 3 sound channels
  • 1 noise channel
  • 6 octaves, 15 amplitude levels
• RAM: 20 KB (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
    Centronics
    Centronics Data Computer Corporation was a pioneering American manufacturer of computer printers, now remembered primarily for the parallel interface that bears its name.-The beginning:Centronics began as a division of Wang Laboratories...
    
     16-pin interface
  • 8-pin DIN
    DIN connector
    A DIN connector is a connector that was originally standardized by the , the German national standards organization. There are DIN standards for a large number of different connectors, therefore the term "DIN connector" alone does not unambiguously identify any particular type of connector unless...
    
    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
  • Sord M5 plus BASIC-I : £190
  • BASIC-G : £35
  • BASIC-F : £35
  • FALC : £35

External links

• Infos and photos Sord M5
• More M5 images including circuit board
• Sord M5 at old-computers.com