Difference between revisions of "PreComputer Unlimited"
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Revision as of 20:53, 10 March 2024
Alt-Name | I.T. Unlimited (UK) Genius IQ 128 (DE) Genius PC (FR) |
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Developer | VTech |
Type | Computer |
Release date | 1997 |
Introductory price | $179.99 |
Predecessor | PreComputer series |
Emulated | ✗ |
Quite possibly VTech second most powerful computer for kids, just behind the I.Q., The system came with included 45 programs built-in and had many of the basic features and oddities that came standard on most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers, this includes a cartridge slot for more programs & games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11-Type port.
Hardware wise, the PCU runs on a DragonBall MCU, a 68000-based microcontroller widely used on Palm OS device of the era, and came with a custom Windows 3.1 inspired OS.
Emulators
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | ||||
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PC / x86 | |||||||||
MAME | git artifacts[N 1] 0.266 libretro core[N 2] |
✓ | ✓ | ✗* |
- ↑ CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
- ↑ As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)