This site is dedicated to the System 80, a TRS80 Model 1 clone, popular in Australia and New Zealand in the early 1980s. This computer also found favour in Europe as the Video Genie, and was sold less successfully as the PMC80 in North America. It was also sold under other guises in other countries. Although in terms of software, the System 80 was a near TRS80 Model 1 clone, its appearance, interfaces and idiosyncrasies were unique enough to justify its own place in the sun in terms of microcomputer history. This is particularly true in Australia and New Zealand, where supplies of TRS80s were limited and cost 1.5x that of the locally distributed and supported System 80. Many an enthusiast cut their teeth on the latter, at a time when all other models were either very limited e.g. the 1k ZX81 or highly expensive e.g. the Apple 2.

Website: http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/