The GEM 1000 Junior Computer, also known as Charlemagne 999, was a 1983 microcomputer sold in Belgium by "Vidéo Direct International (VDI)." It was a low cost toy home computer for children from 5 years upwards, produced by Taiwan based "GEM International Corporation". It was part of a family consisting of the "GEM-2000 Family" "Mini-Computer", "GEM-3000 Family Super Computer" and the "GEM-4000 Professional Computer".
The GEM 1000 used a Z80A CPU running at 3.57 MHz, had 16 KB of RAM, and a chiclet 50 key QWERTY keyboard. BASIC commands were typed by pressing a single key using a dialect similar to Applesoft BASIC. The Charlemagne 999 model used French instead of English keywords.
The computer had a reported price of 7000 BEF in early 1984.
Related machines.
A similar machine, the Rabbit RX83 produced by "Rabbit Computers" of Hong Kong, was launched at the 1983 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show with a price of just US$99. Nevertheless the Rabbit only had 2 KB of RAM, limiting the display to 32×16 characters in 8 colors or 128×64 graphics with 2 background and 3 foreground colors. 
Another computer based on the GEM 1000 was the Brazilian CCE MC-1000.