Laser 128 - Page 16

A FIRST LOOK
Most important of all, the computer can run
almost all of the software w ritt en for the
Apple ® IIe computer so that as soon as you set
up th e co mputer system, you h ave access to
one of the world's largest so ftware library
in stant l y!
The computer comes in two vers ions: The
"LASER 128" & the "LASER 128EX". The
LASER 128EX carries more features over
the LASER 128 which make it even more
po we rful. The following is a brief sum mar y
of some of the featur es of both vers ions of
the computer:
• The 65C02 CPU (Ce nt ral Processing Unit)
u sed is an en h anced version of the 6502
CPU having a larger instruction set and
more addressing modes.
• In the LA SER 128, the CPU run s at I
MHz. In the LASER l 28EX, the CPU
clock is sof tware - selccta ble to be I MHz,
2.3 MHz or 3.6 MHz so that program
execution ca n be speeded · up at will while
compatibility with the "standa rd"
computer can still be maintained. (SEE
APPENDIX A.)
• Built-in 32 K- byte ROM contains the
Microsoft ®BASIC interpreter a nd software
drivers for th e various built-in
Input / Output de vi ce s and interfaces.
• Built-in 128 K-byte system RAM. In the
LASER 128EX, additional 64K -by te video
RAM is bui lt-in.
1-3