ID Amstrad NC-200
Short Name
Name NC-200
Company Amstrad
Description The NC200, was the last model of the NC series which was comprised of the NC 100 and NC 150.
It was a very much smarter, more professional design, with a larger fold-out screen - offering 80 columns by 16 lines - a built-in 3? inch, 720 kilobyte floppy disk drive for storage, but at a heftier price tag of ?329.
It also had a spreadsheet, which the NC100 did not, as well as twice as much built-in memory at 128 kilobytes.
Date Available October 1993
Type Handheld
Emulators
Alternate Names Amstrad NC-200
Links
Matches tosec Amstrad NC-200 - Games
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    "image": "https://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Amstrad_NC200_System_s1.jpg",
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    "description": "The NC200, was the last model of the NC series which was comprised of the <a href=\"computer.asp?c=753\">NC 100</a> and <a href=\"computer.asp?c=1140\">NC 150</a>.\nIt was a very much smarter, more professional design, with a larger fold-out screen - offering 80 columns by 16 lines - a built-in 3? inch, 720 kilobyte floppy disk drive for storage, but at a heftier price tag of ?329.\nIt also had a spreadsheet, which the NC100 did not, as well as twice as much built-in memory at 128 kilobytes.",
    "name": "NC 200",
    "manufacturer": "Amstrad",
    "type": "Portable",
    "origin": "United Kingdom",
    "year": "October 1993",
    "built_in_language": "BBC Basic",
    "keyboard": "Full-stroke 64 keys",
    "cpu": "Z80",
    "speed": "Unknown",
    "co_processor": "Custom all-in-one chip including the CPU, various I/O and memory management",
    "ram": "128 KB",
    "rom": "Unknown",
    "text_modes": "80 char x 16 lines",
    "graphic_modes": "480 x 128 pixels",
    "colors": "bluish grey LCD",
    "sound": "Beeper",
    "size_weight": "29,5(W) x 21.5(D) x 3.5(H) cm. / 1.280 Kg",
    "io_ports": "Parallel Centronics, Serial RS-232",
    "built_in_media": "1 MB PCMCIA slot, 3.5'' 720 KB floppy disk drive",
    "os": "BBC BASIC, word processor, diary, calculator, address book, spreadsheet, serial terminal, games in ROM",
    "power_supply": "External 7.5V AC adaptor or 5 size C batteries",
    "price": "?390",
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            "name": "Running ",
            "image": "https://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Amstrad_NC200_Running_s1.jpg",
            "description": "When switched on, the NC-200 displays its main menu."
        },
        {
            "name": "Closed ",
            "image": "https://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Amstrad_NC200_Closed_s1.jpg",
            "description": "Notice the floppy disc drive and PCMCIA slot on the right hand side; and the Serial, Parallel and AC power connectors on the rear side."
        },
        {
            "name": "Inside ",
            "image": "https://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Amstrad_NC200_Inside_s1.jpg",
            "description": "The NC-200 motherboard only holds a all-in-one CPU chip, a 128 KB RAM chip and the firmware ROM socketted on the bottom side of the board.\r\n<br><br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(1)</font></b> Power switch<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(2)</font></b> LCD contrast adjustment<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(3)</font></b> Speaker connector<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(4)</font></b> LCD display connector<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(5)</font></b> All-in-one chipset holding the Z80 CPU as well as  peripherals and memory management circuitry<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(6)</font></b> Floppy disk drive connector<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(7)</font></b> PCMCIA cart socket<br>\r\n<b><font color=\"blue\">(8)</font></b> 128 KB RAM chip. Provision was made for a second RAM chip\r\n"
        },
        {
            "name": "Soft case and user's... ",
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            "description": ""
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