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Jupiter Cantab Limited was a Cambridge based home computer company. Its main product was the 1983 Forth-based Jupiter Ace. The company was founded in 1982 by two ex-Sinclair Research staffers, Richard Altwasser and Steven Vickers. Their machine was, externally, remarkably similar to the ZX Spectrum, with a copycat rubber keyboard. It also used the same Z80 processor. The Ace's video output was limited to monochrome like the ZX-81. The sale of Boldfield’s IT solution business in 2006, excluded the rights to the Jupiter Ace IP and brand, but this was later sold to Andrews UK Limited in 2015.

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  • Jupiter Cantab Limited was a Cambridge based home computer company. Its main product was the 1983 Forth-based Jupiter Ace. The company was founded in 1982 by two ex-Sinclair Research staffers, Richard Altwasser and Steven Vickers. Their machine was, externally, remarkably similar to the ZX Spectrum, with a copycat rubber keyboard. It also used the same Z80 processor. The Ace's video output was limited to monochrome like the ZX-81. The sale of Boldfield’s IT solution business in 2006, excluded the rights to the Jupiter Ace IP and brand, but this was later sold to Andrews UK Limited in 2015. (en)
  • Jupiter Cantab Limited — британская компания из Кембриджа, производившая бытовые компьютеры. Основным продуктом был выпущенный в 1983 году бытовой компьютер Jupiter ACE со встроенным компилятором языка Forth. Компания основана в 1982 году двумя бывшими штатными работниками Sinclair Research, Ричардом Эльтуоссером и Стивеном Викерсом. Их компьютер внешне напоминал ZX Spectrum с похожими резиновыми клавишами клавиатуры. В нём также использовался микропроцессор Zilog Z80. Несмотря на это, выводимое видеоизображение было монохромным в отличие от 8-цветного у ZX Spectrum. (ru)
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  • Jupiter Cantab Limited was a Cambridge based home computer company. Its main product was the 1983 Forth-based Jupiter Ace. The company was founded in 1982 by two ex-Sinclair Research staffers, Richard Altwasser and Steven Vickers. Their machine was, externally, remarkably similar to the ZX Spectrum, with a copycat rubber keyboard. It also used the same Z80 processor. The Ace's video output was limited to monochrome like the ZX-81. The £90 Ace was a flop in both the UK and US markets. In the US it was intended to be sold as the Ace 4000, although only 800 were ever made.The Forth language, although considered powerful, was not as popular or accessible as the already well-established BASIC language featured in competing microcomputers. Although the Ace's price at £89.95 when the successor to Sinclair's ZX80, the ZX81, was £39.95 was more likely the primary reason for slow sales. The company went bankrupt in November 1983 and its assets were sold to Boldfield Computing Ltd in 1984. The remaining hardware was sold-off into 1985. Boldfield Computing Ltd also commissioned some software for it, including various games, database, and spread sheet software. Documentation to this exists and is held by the current owners of the brand. The sale of Boldfield’s IT solution business in 2006, excluded the rights to the Jupiter Ace IP and brand, but this was later sold to Andrews UK Limited in 2015. (en)
  • Jupiter Cantab Limited — британская компания из Кембриджа, производившая бытовые компьютеры. Основным продуктом был выпущенный в 1983 году бытовой компьютер Jupiter ACE со встроенным компилятором языка Forth. Компания основана в 1982 году двумя бывшими штатными работниками Sinclair Research, Ричардом Эльтуоссером и Стивеном Викерсом. Их компьютер внешне напоминал ZX Spectrum с похожими резиновыми клавишами клавиатуры. В нём также использовался микропроцессор Zilog Z80. Несмотря на это, выводимое видеоизображение было монохромным в отличие от 8-цветного у ZX Spectrum. Jupiter ACE, стоивший 90 фунтов стерлингов, потерпел провал на рынках США и Великобритании. Forth, несмотря на свою мощь, был не настолько популярен и доступен как уже хорошо знакомый BASIC в конкурирующих микрокомпьютерах. В США Jupiter ACE продавался под наименованием Ace 4000. Компания обанкротилась в ноябре 1983 года и её имущество было продано в 1984 году компании . Оставшееся аппаратное обеспечение было со скидкой распродано в 1985 году. (ru)
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