I have two main units (one CIB), two power adapter, four controllers,
three Sega SP-400 Color Plotter Printer (one CIB) and Sega SR-1000
Data Recorder (CIB).
type game console
country Japan
year 1983
os Sega
cpu Z80
speed 4MHz
ram 8 KB
rom 16 KB
graphic 256 x 192
colors 16
sound 3 sound channels
ports two controllers, RF, video, cartridge,
cassette, printer
The Sega SC-3000 — Sega’s Home Computer
The Sega SC-3000, released in Japan in July 1983 simultaneously with the SG-1000 game console, was Sega’s home computer — a BASIC-programmable machine sharing hardware with the SG-1000 but adding a full keyboard. It competed in the Japanese home computer market against the MSX standard, Sharp MZ series, and other domestic computers, and was also sold in Australia and New Zealand where it achieved reasonable commercial success. The SC-3000 represents Sega’s early ambition to compete in the computer market as well as gaming — a dimension of the company’s history largely overshadowed by its later console success.