NAME  

ZX SPECTRUM 48

MANUFACTURER  

Oryol (Орёл)

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

Soviet Union (USSR)

YEAR  

1990

END OF PRODUCTION  

1993

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Sinclair Basic

KEYBOARD  

QWERTY rubber keyboard (40 keys) with up to 6 functions per key!

CPU  

KR1858VM1 (Russian Z80 clone)

SPEED  

3.5 MHz

RAM  

48k (42k left for programming)

ROM  

16k (Basic & OS)

TEXT MODES  

32 x 24

GRAPHIC MODES  

256 x 192

COLORS  

8 with two tones each (normal and bright)

SOUND  

1 voice / 10 octaves (Beeper)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

23 x 14,4 x 3 cm / 550g

I/O PORTS  

Expansion port, tape-recorder (1200 bauds), RF video out

POWER SUPPLY  

External PSU, 9v DC, 1.4A

PERIPHERALS  

ZX printer, ZX micro drives

PRICE  

Unknown

 

ZX Spectrum 48 Clone

ZX Spectrum 48 Clone

 More Sinclair clones were produced in the former Soviet Union than in the rest of the world put together. Although clones were manufactured in several of the former Soviet republics, the Russians were by far the largest users and developers of cloned Sinclair computers. In many cases, the machines were designed and built by electronics enthusiasts reverse-engineering smuggled-in computers. A complicating factor for the Russians was the difference in alphabets; consequently, many Russian Sinclair clones were built with support for both Roman and Cyrillic characters. Several clones of the ZX Spectrum were produced and distributed


under the same name as the UK original or under no apparent name at all. They appear to have shared very similar specifications.