| The APF Imagination Machine was released in 1979 and combined the APF-M1000 video game console with an add-on computer module known as the IM-1. This expansion transformed the console into a full-featured home computer. The system used a Motorola 6800 processor running at approximately 0.895 MHz. It included 9 KB of RAM and 14 KB of ROM, which contained the APF BASIC interpreter. The video output was provided by a Motorola MC6847 video display generator, capable of displaying color graphics with resolutions commonly used in home computers of the era. The IM-1 unit added a typewriter-style keyboard and a dual-track cassette deck. The cassette could store digital data and audio simultaneously on separate tracks. Programs could be written in BASIC and saved to tape. Sound was generated using a basic tone generator capable of producing one channel of audio across several octaves. A small library of cartridges was released for the system, and software was also distributed on cassette tapes. |
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