<s>
The	O
EACA	O
EG2000	O
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
was	O
a	O
computer	O
produced	O
by	O
Hong	O
Kong-based	O
manufacturer	O
EACA	O
and	O
introduced	O
in	O
Germany	O
in	O
August	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
followed	O
their	O
earlier	O
Video	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
I	O
and	O
II	O
computers	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
the	O
business-oriented	O
Video	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BASIC	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Video	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
I	O
and	O
II	O
and	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
except	O
for	O
graphic	O
and	O
sound	O
commands	O
;	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
routines	O
for	O
Video	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
I	O
BASIC	O
commands	O
were	O
left	O
over	O
in	O
the	O
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
's	O
BASIC	O
ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
were	O
provided	O
to	O
load	O
TRS-80	B-Device
programs	O
into	O
the	O
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
disks	O
could	O
be	O
read	O
in	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
,	O
editing	O
the	O
pdrive	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Video	B-Device
Genies	I-Device
had	O
been	O
based	O
upon	O
(	O
and	O
broadly	O
compatible	O
with	O
)	O
the	O
then-current	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
was	O
descended	O
from	O
this	O
architecture	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Tandy	O
's	O
newer	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
which	O
-	O
despite	O
its	O
name	O
-	O
was	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
and	O
unrelated	O
design	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
CPU	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
and	O
derivatives	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Color	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Colour	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
was	O
sold	O
by	O
Schmittke	O
Electronics	O
in	O
Aachen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Z80	B-General_Concept
running	O
at	O
2.2	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
using	O
the	O
NEC	O
D780	O
(	O
and	O
unlicenced	O
Japanese	O
clone	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
SGS	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
(	O
a	O
European	O
second	O
source	O
for	O
Zilog	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
controller	O
with	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
station	O
.	O
</s>
