The TV Computer was a home computer

Home computer

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 made by the Hungarian

Hungary

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 company Videoton

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 around 1986. The computer was based on the ZiLOG

Zilog

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 Z80 microprocessor and had a built-in BASIC interpreter. Programs could be loaded via tape or floppy.
It had a built-in joystick, and a keyboard with Hungarian letters and nine function keys.

There were three different models:

• TVC 32k had 32K of memory.
• TVC 64k had 64K of memory.
• TVC 64k+ also had 64K of memory, but had a newer BASIC interpreter (v2.2) and more video RAM (64K instead of 16K).

The TVC had three graphical modes: 128×240/16 colors, 256×240/4 colors, and 512×240/2 colors (black and white).

Few programs existed for the TVC. Many of these were written by dedicated amateurs and distributed by mail.