<s>
The	O
SV-318	B-Device
is	O
the	O
basic	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
Spectravideo	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
fitted	O
with	O
a	O
chiclet	B-Device
style	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
difficult	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
alongside	O
which	O
sat	O
a	O
combination	O
cursor	O
pad/joystick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
disc-shaped	O
affair	O
with	O
a	O
hole	O
in	O
the	O
centre	O
;	O
put	O
a	O
red	O
plastic	O
'	O
stick	O
 '	O
in	O
the	O
hole	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
built-in	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
remove	O
the	O
stick	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
directional	O
arrow	O
pad	O
for	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
machine	O
also	O
had	O
only	O
16KB	O
of	O
user	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
plus	O
an	O
additional	O
16KB	O
of	O
video	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
which	O
limited	O
its	O
usefulness	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
could	O
be	O
expanded	O
via	O
an	O
external	O
peripheral	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
machine	O
is	O
basically	O
identical	O
to	O
its	O
big	O
brother	O
the	O
SV-328	B-Device
,	O
the	O
only	O
differences	O
being	O
in	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
and	O
amount	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
expandability	O
,	O
mainboard	B-Device
and	O
case	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
machines	O
were	O
identical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reference	O
to	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
MSX	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
although	O
some	O
marketing	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
claimed	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
Extended	O
is	O
what	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
stood	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SV-318	B-Device
is	O
not	O
fully	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Spectravideo	O
announced	O
the	O
SV-603	O
ColecoVision	O
Video	O
Game	O
Adapter	O
for	O
the	O
SV-318	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
Mechanics	O
in	O
February	O
1984	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Spectravideo	B-Device
SV-318	I-Device
"	O
is	O
worth	O
searching	O
out	O
...	O
a	O
very	O
nice	O
little	O
machine	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
liked	O
the	O
integrated	O
joystick	B-Device
and	O
"	O
stunning	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
advised	O
consumers	O
to	O
consider	O
the	O
small	O
software	O
library	O
before	O
purchasing	O
.	O
</s>
