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The VC-4000 is powered by a Signetics 2650A CPU (same as the [[Arcadia 2001]]) and a Signetics 2636 Video Controller. The two controllers are composed of a 12-key keypad, 2 fire buttons and an analog joystick. On the control panel of the system, one can find an on/off switch and three buttons: RESET, SELECT and START.
The console was produced by different companies and sold with different names. Not every console is compatible with others due to differences in the shapes and dimensions of the cartridge slots but all of the consoles are software compatible .*CPU: 8-bit Signetics 2650AN at 4.43MHz*Audiovisual co-processor (video chipset, I/O Processor): Signetics 2636N at 3.58MHz, addressing 32Kb of memory in 8Kb banks. This chipset is powerless, unlike the later model Signetics 2637N used in the Arcadia 2001.*Data Memory: 43 bytes*Sprites: 4 single colour sprites (1 can be 8 colours)*Cartridge ROM: 2K/4K*1 Score line displaying 4 BCD digits*Background consisting of a series of alternating lines*Controllers: 2 x 12-button with 2-axis control stick*Power Supply: Input 250V, 50Hz; Output 9.5V, .4A & 15V, .11A=="Clones"==All are technically compatible with the VC 4000 but the cartridge slots are different. They are not really "clones" of the Interton, just capable of running the same programs due to similar internals. Games had to be loaded into the internal RAM instead of run straight from the cartridge (this was usually done by pressing on the "Load" button twice). The consoles are grouped by slot compatibility.===The Interton VC-4000 family===*Interton VC-4000*Grundig Super Play Computer 4000===The 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System family===They comes in two varieties, 1292 that has external power supply, and 1392 that has internal power supply. Some sources indicate that the 1292 systems are part of the VC-4000 family, while 1392 don't.*see [[1292 Advanced Programmable Video System]]).===The Database family===*Videomaster Database *Waddington/Voltmace Database===The Television Computer System family===*CPU: Signetics 2650A at 0.887 MHzRowtron Television Computer System===The Video TV Game family===*Karvan Jeu Video controller: Signetics 2636TV (Karvan Video TV Game)*Societe Occitane Electronique OC-2000 (Occitane Electronic Company OC-2000)===The MPT-05 family===*Data Memory: 37 bytesITMC MPT-05
==Games==
The 40 games for the VC 4000 were released on ROM cartridges known as cassettes.
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