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All CreatiVision models (including Wizzard, Rameses and Mark-II)
do share the same hardware - except a few slight variations. Such hardware is
wide more advanced than the one in other home-computer/consoles which were
released at the same time as CreatiVision.
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| Release year: |
early 1982 to late 1984 (depending on countries) |
| Manufacturer: |
Video Technology Ltd. (aka VTech, VTL), Hong Kong |
| Main CPU: |
Rockwell 6502A (8-bit) running at 2 MHz |
| Video CPU (VDP): |
Texas Instruments TMS9918/9929 for NTSC/PAL versions
resolution: 256x192 pixels at 16 colours (15 + transparent)
text mode: 24 rows, 32 columns, 8x8 pixels per char
sprites: up to 32 monochrome sprites on screen, max 4 per row |
| Audio CPU (SPU): |
Texas Instruments SN76489
audio channels: 3 tonal + 1 noise |
| I/O interface: |
Motorola 6821 PIA |
| RAM: |
16 KBytes (dynamic VRAM) + 1 KByte (static CPU RAM) |
| ROM: |
2 KBytes BIOS program |
| Keyboard: |
2x24=48 membrane keys; additional moving-key keyboard available |
| Joystick: |
2 built in, each having 16 directions and 2 separate fire buttons (triggers) |
| Interfaces: |
expansion/cartridge slot, cassette tape module, TV out (RF) |
... to be continued...
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