8,732
edits
Changes
→Dream Machine? The soon to be unveiled 99/64 (aka Phoenix) may be the best home computer yet
The keyboard will be separate from the Cor-Comp peripheral expansion box that is the brains of the new system. Webb describes the PEB as a "slimline version of the Texas Instruments (peripheral expansion) box." It will include a motherboard with two cartridge slots and a processor slot.
The system will come with what Cor-Comp calls "Improved Extended BASIC'' " in ROM (read only memory). It will also have what Webb calls "a true Extended BASIC compiler" and an operating system that allows the user the option of choosing screen display formats. Webb says the user will be able to chose from 32-, 40-, 80- or 132-column displays. The user will also be able to choose screen color, he says. The screen will include 25 rows, with the bottom row dedicated to command lines.
The system will feature numerous built-in utilities. Webb said, including a word processor, spelling checker, spreadsheet, mail-merge to the word processor. menu planner, text filer and dc1tabase manager. It will also have a built-in text-to speech
