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Our shop and service bay at coppull is now open on Tuesday and Thursday 10.30am till 5pm. Business customers can contact us via the usual numbers. Click here for a map


 

Computer History

Consoles

Generation 1 and Generation 2 (1972 - 1982)

Generation 3 (1980 - 1989)

Generation 4 (1989- 1994)

Generation 5 (1993 - 1998)

Generation 6 (1998 - 2004)

Generation 7 ( 2004 -2010)

Generation 8 (2011 - )

First Generation

Initial first generation consoles did not feature a cpu or microprocessor instead relying on discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself. These were therefore specifically built for one game only and make up the basis of all early arcade game machines. A later development of this for arcade game machines was the use of swappable boards such as the "Jama" system. i.e. the main circuit board was replaced with a new one to support a different game. Later consoles used a microproccessor or cpu which allowed more games to be played by the use of circuit boards incorporated into a cartridge system. A table of generation 1 and 2 consoles is below. This table is from the wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_consoles and is used under the creative commons licence. More information on the relevant systems or manufacturers can be found by following the links in the table to the releveant wikipedia articles.

name release date manufacturer type generation
Magnavox Odyssey 1972 Magnavox console 1
Coleco Telstar 1976 Coleco Dedicated 1
Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) 1976 Fairchild console 2
Channel F System II 1979 Fairchild console 2
Philips Odyssey 1976 Philips console 1
Pong 1976 Atari Inc. Arcade 1
RCA Studio II 1976 RCA console 2
Atari 2600 / Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Sears Video Arcade 1977 Atari Inc. console 2
Atari 2600 Jr. 1986 Atari Inc. console 2
Atari 2700 / Atari Remote Control VCS canceled Atari Inc console 2
Atari 2800 / Sears Video Arcade II (Japan Only) 1983 Atari, Inc console 2
Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 hardware clone) ~1982 Coleco console 2
TV Boy 1992[1] Akor handheld
TV Boy 2 1995[2] Akor handheld
Super TV-Boy 1995 Akor handheld
Bally Astrocade 1977 Midway console 2
Color TV Game 6 (Japan Only) 1977 Nintendo Dedicated 1
Color TV Game 15 (Japan Only) 1978 Nintendo Dedicated 1
Color TV Racing 112 (Japan Only) 1978 Nintendo Dedicated 1
Color TV Game Block Breaker (Japan Only) 1979 Nintendo Dedicated 1
Computer TV Game (Japan Only) 1980 Nintendo 1
Interton VC 4000 1978 Interton console 2
Magnavox Odyssey² 1978 Magnavox / Philips console 2
APF Imagination Machine 1979 APF console 2
Microvision 1979 Milton Bradley handheld 2
Game & Watch 1980 Nintendo handheld 2
Intellivision 1980 Mattel console 2
Bandai Super Vision 8000 1979 Bandai console 2
Intellivision II 1983 Mattel console 2
System Changer (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
PlayCable 1981 Mattel
CreatiVision 1981 VTech console 2
Epoch Cassette Vision 1981 Epoch console
Emerson Arcadia 2001 (Leisure Vision in Canada) 1982 Emerson Radio console 2
Atari 5200 1982 Atari Inc. console 2
Atari 5100 / Atari 5200 Jr. canceled Atari Inc. 2
ColecoVision 1982 Coleco console 2
Expansion Module #1 (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
Commodore MAX Machine 1982 Commodore console / Home computer
Entex Adventure Vision 1982 Entex console 2
Vectrex 1982 Smith Engineering console 2
Radio Shack TV Scoreboard 1976 Radio Shack Dedicated 1
Ping-o-Tronic 1974 Zanussi/Sèleco Dedicated 1

 

Chorley's leading computer shop is a member of comptia We can offer a complete solution to your IT requirements, whether a single personal computer built to your specifications or a total supply and support solution
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Chorley's leading computer shop for Business and home computer repair. Service and Repair of PC's and Apple Mac . When we were looking for premises for 1 Stop Tech shop we had a number of considerations. We wanted to be located in a strategic area at the centre of the motorway network that allowed PJR Micro Ltd to service our business and domestic customers easily and cost effectively. We therefore chose Chorley as this location. As we have continued expanding we quickly realised that our Chorley shop was to small for our purposes. We therefore started looking for new larger premises. There was nothing suitable within the immediate area so we expanded our search further afield, and located a building in Whelley, Wigan which was ideally suited for our purposes which we moved to in 2009. As our business is now going more and more data based we need a premises with fast backbone connection and as the fastest speeds we can obtain at Wigan is 3mb we have amalgamated all our business under one roof at our business service center at Coppull Where we have a 15mb and a 11mb backbone connection. Our Business customers range in areas from Liverpool to Wilmslow and Kendal to York and we have domestic customers all over Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Our new computer shop and premises have extensive offroad parking so short distance to carry sickly pc's.

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