EACA
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The Hong Kong-based EACA group of companies was established in December 1972 by Eric Chung Kwan-yee (alias Chung Bun), a businessman of humble beginnings from mainland China
who stealt into the then British colony from Guangzhou as a young man. http://www.webweavers.co.nz/system-80/eaca.htm
EACA International Ltd was a manufacturer active from 1975 to 1983, producing Pong
-style television video games, and later producing thousands of computers under the Genie name. These included the Video Genie
s I, II and III (which were Tandy TRS-80 Model I
-compatible) and the Colour Genie
.
Just as distributors were promoting a new 16-bit
machine in late 1983, the heavily-indebted group went into liquidation at the hands of receivers. Eric Chung was rumoured to have fled Hong Kong for Taiwan, leaving a seaside villa and massive debts in his wake.
China
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who stealt into the then British colony from Guangzhou as a young man. http://www.webweavers.co.nz/system-80/eaca.htm
EACA International Ltd was a manufacturer active from 1975 to 1983, producing Pong
Pong
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity...
-style television video games, and later producing thousands of computers under the Genie name. These included the Video Genie
Video Genie
Video Genie was a series of computers produced by Hong Kong-based manufacturer EACA during the early 1980s. They were compatible with the Tandy TRS-80 Model I computers and could be considered a clone, although there were hardware and software differences.The computers making up the series...
s I, II and III (which were Tandy TRS-80 Model I
TRS-80
TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation's desktop microcomputer model line, sold through Tandy's Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The first units, ordered unseen, were delivered in November 1977, and rolled out to the stores the third week of December. The line won popularity with...
-compatible) and the Colour Genie
Colour Genie
The EACA EG2000 Colour Genie was a computer produced by Hong Kong-based manufacturer EACA and introduced in Germany in August 1982. It followed their earlier Video Genie I and II computers and was released around the same time as the business-oriented Video Genie III.The BASIC was compatible with...
.
Just as distributors were promoting a new 16-bit
16-bit
-16-bit architecture:The HP BPC, introduced in 1975, was the world's first 16-bit microprocessor. Prominent 16-bit processors include the PDP-11, Intel 8086, Intel 80286 and the WDC 65C816. The Intel 8088 was program-compatible with the Intel 8086, and was 16-bit in that its registers were 16...
machine in late 1983, the heavily-indebted group went into liquidation at the hands of receivers. Eric Chung was rumoured to have fled Hong Kong for Taiwan, leaving a seaside villa and massive debts in his wake.
External links
- Site covering the System 80 and EACA in general
- Video Genie I, II, and III, and the Colour Genie at old-computers.com