▁" data ▁flow " ▁( V ide ot ex ) ▁into ▁the ▁home . ▁ ▁The ▁Key board ▁Component ▁added ▁an ▁ 8 - bit ▁ 6 5 0 2 ▁processor ▁making ▁the ▁Int ell iv ision ▁a ▁dual ▁processor ▁computer . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁ 1 6 K ▁ 1 0 - bit ▁shared ▁RAM ▁that ▁could ▁load ▁and ▁execute ▁both ▁Int ell iv ision ▁CP 1 6 1 0 ▁and ▁ 6 5 0 2 ▁program ▁code ▁from ▁t ape ; ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁as ▁typical ▁cart rid ges ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁were ▁ 4 K . ▁ ▁The ▁c ass ettes ▁have ▁two ▁tracks ▁of ▁digital ▁data ▁and ▁two ▁tracks ▁of ▁analog ▁audio ▁completely ▁controlled ▁by ▁the ▁computer . ▁ ▁Two ▁tracks ▁are ▁read ▁only ▁for ▁the ▁software , ▁and ▁two ▁tracks ▁for ▁user ▁data . ▁ ▁The ▁t ape - drive ▁was ▁block ▁addressed ▁with ▁high ▁speed ▁indexing . ▁ ▁A ▁high ▁resolution ▁ 4 0 x 2 4 ▁mon och rome ▁text ▁display ▁could ▁overlay ▁regular ▁Int ell iv ision ▁graphics . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁an ▁input ▁for ▁a ▁micro phone ▁and ▁two ▁additional ▁expansion ▁ports ▁for ▁peri pher als ▁and ▁RAM ▁expansion . ▁ ▁The ▁Microsoft ▁B AS IC ▁programming ▁cart ridge ▁used ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁ports . ▁ ▁Exp and ed ▁memory ▁cart rid ges ▁could ▁support ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁ 8 KB ▁pages . ▁ ▁A ▁third ▁pass - through ▁cart ridge ▁port ▁was ▁for ▁regular ▁Int ell iv ision ▁cart rid ges