<s>
The	O
Robotron	B-Device
KC	I-Device
87	I-Device
,	O
fully	O
known	O
as	O
Kleincomputer	O
robotron	B-Device
KC	I-Device
87	I-Device
(	O
KC	O
standing	O
for	O
Kleincomputer	O
,	O
lit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
small	O
computer	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
8-bit	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
released	O
in	O
1987	O
and	O
produced	O
in	O
East	O
Germany	O
by	O
VEB	O
Robotron-Meßelektronik	O
"	O
Otto	O
Schön	O
"	O
Dresden	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Kombinat	O
Robotron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
model	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
the	O
Robotron	B-Device
Z	I-Device
9001	I-Device
,	O
originally	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
and	O
introduced	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Robotron	B-Device
KC	I-Device
85/1	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
to	O
de-emphasize	O
its	O
use	O
as	O
consumer	O
good	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
similar	O
names	O
,	O
the	O
Robotron	O
Kleincomputers	O
were	O
not	O
directly	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
KC	B-Device
85	I-Device
series	O
produced	O
by	O
VEB	O
Mikroelektronik	O
"	O
Wilhelm	O
Pieck	O
"	O
Mühlhausen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Robotron	O
KC	O
series	O
used	O
an	O
U880	B-Device
microprocessor	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
,	O
clocked	O
at	O
2.5MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
could	O
be	O
loaded	O
from	O
cassette	B-Device
tapes	I-Device
,	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
separate	O
cassette	O
deck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
allowed	O
expanding	O
the	O
hardware	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
upgrading	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
connecting	O
a	O
printer	O
or	O
displaying	O
bitmapped	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
also	O
included	O
modules	O
with	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KC	B-Device
87	I-Device
had	O
a	O
KC-BASIC	O
 [ de ] 	O
interpreter	O
in	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sufficiently	O
expanded	O
models	O
could	O
even	O
run	O
SCP	O
[de],	O
an	O
East	O
German	O
CP/M	B-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robotron	O
also	O
offered	O
cassette	B-Device
tapes	I-Device
with	O
applications	O
and	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
