MicroAce
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The MicroAce was an unlicensed clone of the Sinclair ZX80
, manufactured by the eponymous MicroAce of Santa Ana, California
. The MicroAce came with an option to expand the internal random access memory to 2K
, but had an identical copy of the ROM
. The company was sued by Sinclair Research, who were successful in stopping production. MicroAce were however later able to agree licensing terms with Sinclair to manufacture a clone of the ZX81. The computer was sold in kit form with an 8K ROM.
Sinclair ZX80
The Sinclair ZX80 is a home computer brought to market in 1980 by Science of Cambridge Ltd. . It is notable for being the first computer available in the United Kingdom for less than a hundred pounds...
, manufactured by the eponymous MicroAce of Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
. The MicroAce came with an option to expand the internal random access memory to 2K
Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Although the prefix kilo- means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol KB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information...
, but had an identical copy of the ROM
Read-only memory
Read-only memory is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty, so it is mainly used to distribute firmware .In its strictest sense, ROM refers only...
. The company was sued by Sinclair Research, who were successful in stopping production. MicroAce were however later able to agree licensing terms with Sinclair to manufacture a clone of the ZX81. The computer was sold in kit form with an 8K ROM.