NAME  

Byte

MANUFACTURER  

SVT Company, Brest

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

Soviet Union (USSR)

YEAR  

1989

END OF PRODUCTION  

Around 1995

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Sinclair Basic

KEYBOARD  

QWERTY full stroke keyboard (66 keys) with up to 6 functions per key, 10 key cursor key pad

CPU  

KR1858VM1 (Soviet clone of Z80A)

SPEED  

about 3.5 MHz

RAM  

48KB

ROM  

16KB (Basic & OS)

TEXT MODES  

32 x 24

GRAPHIC MODES  

256 x 192

COLORS  

8 with two tones each (normal and bright)

SOUND  

3 audio channels / 1 tone)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

45.5 x 19.0 x 8.0 cm / 4.5 kg

I/O PORTS  

Expansion port, RF video out, 1 Kempston joysticks, cassette interface

POWER SUPPLY  

External PSU, 12 and 5v DC, 2.5A

PERIPHERALS  

5.25" FDD

PRICE  

1993 price - 1,092,000 rubbles (aprox $350)

 

Byte

Byte

 The ZX Spectrum computers were made in the end of 80-s. At that time the Soviet Union was still behind the "Iron Curtain" and it was impossible to buy an original ZX Spectrum computer. Those little computers that were imported into the Soviet Union cost so much that it was not possible for an average person to buy one. At that time a lot of illegal enterprises sprung around the country which manually assembled ZX Spectrum clones from the Soviet components. In most cases the computers looked real cheap, but they worked. Only in the beginning of 90-s the Soviet industry at last has started to produce computers, though they were the same ZX Spectrum


clones.

Byte was made in 1988 in the USSR, in Brest, a town in Belarus on Soviet-Polish border. Byte is a full analogue of the ZX Spectrum. It was based on the KR1858VM1 CPU (Soviet clone of Z80A) Memory is based on Russian K573RF6A (Intel 2764 clone). Computer had a connection for the TV, tape recorder, joysticks and used an external power supply.


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