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Laser 128
The Laser 128 is a clone of the Apple II series of personal computers, released by VTech in 1984.
==Description==
The VTech Laser 128 has 128 KB of RAM. Like the Apple IIc, it is a one-piece semi-portable design with a carrying handle and a single built-in 5¼-inch floppy disk drive, and uses the 65C02 microprocessor. Unlike the Apple IIc, it has a numeric keypad, a Centronics printer port, and two Laser 128-only graphics modes. The Laser 128 also has a single Apple IIe-compatible expansion slot, which gives it better expansion capabilities than a IIc, but cards remain exposed; the slot is intended for an $80 expansion chassis that provided two slots compatible with the Apple's Slot 5 and Slot 7. The computer also has a separate, internal memory-expansion slot.
Apple filed a lawsuit to stop its distribution but VTech obtained United States Customs approval to export the Laser 128 to the United States in 1986, and the lawsuit reportedly had no effect on demand for the computer. Central Point Software—the most prominent dealer—sold the $395 Laser 128 and accessories by mail in full-page magazine advertisements, claiming that "a computer without expansion slots is a dead-end that stays behind as technology advances". It even advertised the Laser 128 in Commodore computer magazines; the name was, Central Point president Mike Brown said, "chosen to sound like the Commodore 128", and the company intended to appeal to those who wanted to use the large Apple software library with a computer that cost the same as the Commodore. By late 1986 other mail-order firms also sold the Laser 128, and at least one peripheral maker advertised its product's compatibility with the clone.
By 1988 VTech had purchased a majority share in Central Point Software and formed Laser Computer as a division of the company. It ended Central Point's mail order sales of the 128, only selling through dealers such as Sears. ''inCider'' magazine wrote that year that "Laser will never sell as many computers or have as big a distribution network as Apple, but there's no doubt that the 128 () won a place in the Apple market, and irritated Apple in the process". Apple countered the Laser 128 with the Apple IIc Plus. VTech responded with the Laser 128EX (1987), with a 3.6 MHz CPU, and the $549 Laser 128EX/2 (1988), with a 3.5-inch disk drive and MIDI port. (A $499 version of the 128EX/2 with a 5.25-inch drive was available.)
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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