Specifications
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Come on in to Dick Smith Electronics COMPUTER CITY for the very
best!
You'll find a computer to suit your needs - from the beginner to the
business user ... and everything in between.
You'll find friendly, helpful staff - experts in their fields. They'll be able
to answer your questions with authority and accuracy.
You'll find our computers on display - working -where you can try them
out. Nothing beats actual 'hands on' experience.
But most of all, you'll find the reassurance of dealing with Australia's
leading computer retailer - 50,000 owners can't be wrong - with the
technical back-up, the service back-up and the software back-up that
the department stores simply can't match.
Trust Dick Smith Electronics COMPUTER CITY for YOUR computer.
The Challenger
The IBM PC compatible that beats the IBM ... on price, on
performance, on features, on expandability ... on everything!
The Challenger is the computer for the small to medium size business
(it has 10 times the memory of Dick Smith Electronics first mainframe
computer!)
But it's more than that: because it is compatible with IBM PC software
and hardware, it makes a superb scientific or industrial computer ...
or even a low-cost IBM terminal. And you'll save a fortune!
The CAT
Why waste hundreds of dollars buying an Apple computer when you
can buy The Cat ... Dick Smith Electronics' latest computer
masterpiece! It's twice as fast as the Apple Ile. It has a bigger and
better BASIC. A larger keyboard. Super hires colour graphics. More
sound channels. Just compare the two computers and judge for
yourself! (Ask for our free comparison brochure).
Compatible with most Apple Ile software, The Cat is THE computer for
education, for the student at home, for the hobbyist, for dedicated
functions in industry ... even for the small business.
As Electronics Australia Magazine says 'Dick Smith Electronics has
come up with a winner with the CAT personal computer'.
VZ-200
The ideal computer for the beginner who wants a computer to grow
with: Dick Smith Electronics incredible VZ-200. It's the low-cost way to
go computing - without buying an `orphan' or dumped computer with
no back-up.
The VZ-200 has a great range of low-cost software from games to
small business utilities. And it's also very popular with amateur radio
operators because of its very low noise level.
If you're starting out, you'll start out best with a VZ-200.
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System Unit
The 'works' of the computer ... keyboard, CPU, 128K RAM,
input/output ports, etc. Ideal for cassette-based applications as it is
with nothing more to buy. Includes Centronics
parallel printer port, cassette port, joystick & light
pen ports plus RF, video and RGB outputs.
Cat X-8600 All this for only ...
Expansion Unit
Far more than mere expansion!
As well as three IBM compatible expansion slots plus two true 16-bit
slots, you get twin slimline disk drives and an RS-232C communications
port.
PLUS free software!
We also include a range of quality software worth over $1000....
Microsoft MS-DOS & GW Disk BASIC,
Perfect Writer, Perfect Filer and Perfect
Calc PLUS user manuals! Cat X-8610
Expansion unit and software .. .
This makes the Challenger more than a match to the IBM PC - much
more. Yet the IBM PC expanded to this level costs well over $7000.
Compare the Challenger - and Save!
TOTAL SYSTEM ONLY . . .
YOU SAVE OVER $4000 ON THE IBM PC!!!
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