Super 16 TE © 1987 Hyundai.
The hyu16te set in MAME represents the Hyundai Super 16 TE (Turbo Edition), a highly successful late-1980s IBM PC/XT compatible desktop computer system manufactured by Hyundai Electronics. The motherboard features a standard desktop XT footprint driven by a dual-speed Intel or AMD 8088 microprocessor, capable of toggling via hardware jumper or keyboard shortcut between a legacy 4.77 MHz clock rate and a high-performance 10 MHz Turbo mode. System logic is handled by a combination of standard discrete TTL components and specialized early Faraday or VLSI core logic controllers. The system board comes equipped with 640 KB of conventional Fast Page Mode DRAM soldered directly to the PCB and offers five 8-bit ISA expansion slots, an integrated floppy disk drive controller, and a standard socket for an 8087 math co-processor.
The South Korean Clone Boom: In the late 1980s, Hyundai Electronics aggressively entered the Western personal computer market by offering complete, high-quality PC/XT and PC/AT clones at prices that severely undercut IBM, leading the "clonemarket" wave. Sold through major retail chains and catalog distributors, the Super 16 TE was highly praised as an affordable, rock-solid entry-level computer for small businesses and students.
The 10 MHz Turbo Leap: While early PC/XT clones maxed out at 8 MHz, Hyundai's optimized bus traces and higher-grade 8088-1 silicon allowed the Super 16 TE to run stably at 10 MHz with zero wait states. This speed boost provided a highly noticeable rendering and computation performance upgrade when running demanding real-mode software of the era, such as Lotus 1-2-3 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0.