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Camputers Lynx

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Overview

Introduced in 1983 by Camputers, the Camputers Lynx was a computer system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Zilog Z80A clocked at 4 MHz with banked memory support for BASIC/CP/M states.
  • Memory: 64 KB RAM standard with 16 KB ROM plus up to 128 KB of video memory in extended models.
  • Display: 256×192 resolution with eight colors per line, handled by a dedicated video controller inspired by Sinclair/Amstrad.
  • Sound: AY-3-8912 PSG providing three square-wave audio channels plus noise.

Supported ROM extensions

wav, tap, ldf, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • mame (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_MAME, BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBRETRO_MAME
  • mame (mame) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MAME, BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_MAME

Notes

Requires MAME BIOS files lynx128k.zip, lynx96k.zip, lynx48k.zip Using software list mode is recommended.

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml