Sinclair PC200

Sinclair PC200 is Amstrad try of an IBM PC-XT clone under Sinclair brand. It looks like a home computer of the late 80's Amiga or Atari ST. It has CGA graphics, 512kB RAM and built-in 720K floppy. There are two 8-bit ISA slots for expansion cards. If inserted, the upper trapdoor has to be opened permanently. The PC speaker volume can be regulated. The machine was shipped with MS-DOS 3 and Digital Research's GEM (same GUI like on Atari ST) running under MD-DOS. Demo shown is 8086 Feet Under from 8086Compo 1996.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sinclair
• PC
• PC200
• PC-200
• 200
• Amstrad
• 1988
• XT
• PC-XT
• 8086
• ZX
• Spectrum
• PCW
• 128
• +2
• +3
• CPC
• Sinclair Klub Plzen

[ImperialProductions]

We have all just been Rick Rolled, PC Beeper-style!

[factor6]

@ImperialProductions Yes, the Monotone Ttracker is pretty cool thing :)

[trophy242]

Indeed, very nice machine, but I think it's based more on Atari ST (case design, GEM added as a graphical environment). I'm not sure it was good idea to equip this with CGA - MCGA would be much better choice, or VGA, or even EGA, but CGA? Hmm... I remember I read about this machine in "Komputer" magazine, which was published in my country in the second half of 80's and at the beginning of the 90's. I don't remember the exact issue, but I have it somewhere :-)

[factor6]

I think I have that Komputer issue (have several of them at home). Anyway, it's a very nice computer even though it's just a PC compatible.

[factor6]

@damedavid I think it is :)

[maiki60fps]

For some reason I do not like the basic idea to take some crappy CGA beeper PC architecture and dress it up as some black Amiga ST lookalike... This computer had no natural place in the market...

[SirTsixlas]

I had one since i was 5 years old. I grew up with this pc. Unfortunately i don't have it anymore :(

[Beckcona]

CGA graphics in 1988, oh dear....

[leerat]

nice machine to look at. imagine if sinclair released this as the sucsessor to the spectrum instead of the +2 for £199, it would have sold like hot cakes!! :)

[doritostheking]

Hmm a 8086 CGA PC going up ahead the Amiga 500. Great idea guys. Honest.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I love Rick Roll. I love retro computers. So I like this...interesting video.

[ForViewingOnly]

Damn, it took me 30 seconds before I realised I had been stealth-RickRoll'd !

[michaelboett173]

wanna sell it? I realy want it. Where can I find the sound from the video?

[richardharris82]

The Sinclair PC200 was actually an Amstrad PPC640 without the built in LCD screen. Search google for the two models and you'll see they actually reused the cases!

A great machine though - One of Sugars' best.

[ftpaddict]

Does this mean I got rickroll'd?