CyberVision 2001 Repair Progress: March 11, 2023 (Sub Chase Boot)

Demonstration of the current state of a months long repair and documentation effort for the CyberVision 2001 home computer from 1978. Booting to the title and option screen of Sub Chase, one of the eight included applications on tape. Eventually I will make a full video of this unique experience but still a lot of repair work to do, next up including keypads. Many thanks to the 1802 CPU and COSMAC ELF masters for assisting in disassembly and repair of the ROM for eventual emulation efforts!

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

I've heard of this computer just now. It's underrated.

[@ballyalley]

I love that you get to hear someone's voice "from AquaFox control" telling you what to press on the keypad to proceed with your mission.

[@MattPilz]

The greatest part of these applications to me is getting to hear the original narration and sound effects. Some games include very thorough audible instruction that would narrate while dynamically updating elements on the screen as a tutorial. I have been working to digitize and restore the quality of the dozen or so tapes I have. I'm afraid many may never be discovered and preserved, since they were so scarce even in the 1970s let alone 45+ years later. This must've been one of the very first colored home TV hookup computer systems to also feature 2000 baud transfer and stereo data. The Imagination Machine's cassette deck allowed similar stereo recordings but most other systems in the 70s-80s were mono data only.