NAME  

Pioneer (Pioner Пионер)

MANUFACTURER  

Iskra (Искра)

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

Former USSR, Ukraine

YEAR  

1988

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

Basic

KEYBOARD  

QWERTY, 87 keys with 6 programmable keys

CPU  

КР580ВМ80А  (analog Intel 8080A)

SPEED  

0.5 MHz

RAM  

64 Kb

ROM  

16 Kb

TEXT MODES 

25 lines x 64 chars.

GRAPHIC MODES 

384 x 256 dots

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

Beeper

SIZE / WEIGHT 

42 (W) x 24.5 (D) x 7 (H) cm / 2.8 kg

I/O PORTS 

Tape-recorder jack, Video out

POWER SUPPLY 

Built-in 220VAC 25 W

PERIPHERALS  

Tape recorder

PRICE  

Unknown

 

Pioner

Pioner

Pioner (Pioneer) was built by PO Iskra in Ukraine in former USSR. It was designed as a kit, to be assembled by the user. It is built around KP580BM80A CPU (Intel 8080A analog) with speed of only 0.5 MHz and has 16 Kb ROM with built-in Monitor program and Basic interpreter). Computer has 64 Kb RAM and has a video output to a BW or color TV.