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MicroAce, a ZX80 Clone

MicroAce.jpg There was a rare ZX80 clone named 'MicroAce' in the U.S.A., which was unlicensed and had to be withdrawn after the company got sued by Sinclair. [interface1.net] Eventually it was licensed later, at least the AD below says it was licensed by Sinclair Research Ltd..

I found a newspaper advertisement at www.8bit-museum.de which advertises the MicroAce as kit or complete with 1 or 2 kB of RAM.

The MicroAce was reviewed in BYTE in the article "The MicroAce Computer" by Delmar Searls, April 1981. Thanks a lot to Mark D. Overholser who supplied me with the scanned document of this article below!

In a TS1000 review in the January 1983 issue of BYTE this corporation was also mentioned as manufacturer and distributer of a 'flicker-free board' for the ZX80 with 7 TTL ICs, which presumably added the ZX81's NMI circuitry to this computer. There the following address was given: (It's also noted on the MicroAce box and in the AD below.)

Microace
1348 East Edinger
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 547-2526

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MicroAce Manual (raw)/ 2024-09-14 18:12 64 
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1981-04 BYTE - Micro-Ace Computer Review.pdf 2014-03-22 18:03 12446108 
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Front view.jpg
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MicroAce in Box.jpg
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