A quite little strange computer, which appeared under different designs...
The original model seems to be the Rabbit Computer RX83 announced at the 1983 CES. It looks like the computer was produced in Hong-Kong and then proposed to several companies in the rest of the world to market the computer under their own brand.
However no such computers have been found so far, maybe proving that the original company failed to produce the computer, or that it canceled the project at last minute, or that so few were sold that it's difficult to find a specimen today...
But if you look at the pictures section, you'll notice the that the computer evolved in different plastic cases. The "Charlemagne" picture, shows a case and keyboard identical to the CCE MC1000 computer. This means that the project was finally marketed in Brazil, exclusively for CCE, and that the CCE MC1000 is indeed an incarnation of the GEM 1000/Rabbit Computer RX83.
We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system,
please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.
Please consider donating your old computer / videogame system to Old-Computers.com or one of our partners from anywhere in the world (Europe, America, Asia, etc.).
I have a CCE - MC1000 (1985 - Brazil) that I want to sell to the Museum, the price is USD$ 100 + shipping. I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina
If you are interested in this RARE Brazilian Computer just send me an email.
Saturday 22nd February 2003
Agustin (Buenos Aires - Argentina)
NAME
GEM 1000 Junior Computer / Charlemagne 999
MANUFACTURER
GEM
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Belgium
YEAR
1983
END OF PRODUCTION
Maybe 1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Basic (in French for the Charlemagne !)
KEYBOARD
50 rubber keys (blue for the Charlemagne) QWERTY with Basic statements (MC-1000) RESET, CTRL, SPACE, SHIFT, RETURN
CPU
Zilog Z80A
SPEED
3.58 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR
Motorola MC 6847P (video)
RAM
16 Kb, upgradable to 64 Kb
ROM
8 Kb
TEXT MODES
32 x 16
GRAPHIC MODES
256 x 192
COLORS
8
SOUND
AY-3-8910 from General Instruments, 3 channels (8 octaves) + white noise
SIZE / WEIGHT
270 x 175 x 72 mm 600 gr
I/O PORTS
Tape interface (1200 baud), expansion port, 2 x joystick ports, RF Video output
(winter 83)
