Cybiko
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Cybiko is a hand held computer designed for teenagers (although available and suitable for all ages, including adults). It has over 430 "official" freeware games and applications.
The CPU is an Hitachi H8S/2323 at 18 MHz and it also has an Atmel AT90S2313 co-processor at 4 MHz to provide some support. It came with 512 KB ROM flash memory and 1.5 MB RAM. It came with an add-on slot in the back, but the only hadware released was an MP3 player.
Software for the Cybiko can be programmed in either C, or CyBasic, a version of the BASIC programming language with extentions for the Cybiko.
Once the console is purchased, nothing else is needed, although accessories such as memory cards and MP3 players are available.
Cybikos can communicate with each other up to a maximum range of 300 metres (0.19 miles) (which can be boosted to 450 metres (0.26 miles) using a freeware program called UI Power (http://www.kr1st.com)).
The Cybiko Xtreme is the 2nd-generation Cybiko handheld. It boasts many improvements over the "classic" Cybiko, such as a faster processor, more RAM, more ROM, a new OS, a new keyboard layout and case design, greater wireless range, a microphone, improved audio output, and smaller size.
Support for Cybiko has been dropped almost entirely, though now that Cybiko, Inc. has been bought by DatorTech, it is being resurrected. There are several fan sites still in existence, and still a few programs being developed by third-party Cybiko developers.
As of October 2004, there is a new kernel for the classic Cybiko called CyBorn (http://cybiko-reborn.sourceforge.net) that is intended to take advantage of many features in the Cybiko that have been neglected.