Spectravideo was
one of several manufacturers who jumped on the "me too" bandwagon when
Atari announced it would be producing a computer keyboard add-on module
for its Atari 2600 VCS. However most of the other manufacturers
(Atari included) only got to the prototype and limited testing phases of
their computer keyboards. Spectravideo on the other hand actually
produced and sold (although limited) its computer keyboard add-on.
The Compumate was not only just a computer add-on, but also was a musical
keyboard as well with microphone and earphone jacks on the side of the
unit. Unlike the proposed Atari "Graduate" computer keyboard
add-on, the Compumate did not have have any sort of peripheral add-on capabilities
for disk drives or printers, but did allow the connection of a cassette
recorder for taping music and program load/save capability.