Mattel Aquarius

The Mattel Aquarius was the first and only genuine home computer offered by Mattel Electronics. Mattel did not start by designing a computer. It instead began by looking around for a pre-made computer system it could market under... See more

Release date
June 1, 1983
Media
Cassette tape, ROM cartridge
Max Controllers

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Notes

The Mattel Aquarius was the first and only genuine home computer offered by Mattel Electronics. Mattel did not start by designing a computer. It instead began by looking around for a pre-made computer system it could market under its name. It discovered that one of its manufacturing partners, the Hong Kong based Radofin Electronics Far East, had already designed a three-system line of home computers. All Mattel had to do was secure the U.S. marketing rights, which it promptly did for the first two units in the line, and have Radofin handle the manufacturing.

Cpu

Zilog Z80A

Memory

4 KB expandable to 52 KB

Graphics

N/A

Sound

1 voice expandable to 4

Display

80x72 graphics and 40x24 text

Manufacturer

Radofin

Developers

Radofin

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