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The Byte (or Bajt) computer is a Sinclair Spectrum Clone from the former Soviet Union republic of Belarus. It was produced in 1990, but development on it was started somewhere in the late 1980's. Like the Signal Sintez spectrum clone, this computer's logic is made out of TTL Logic chips. The biggest difference with the spectrum is the inclusion of a 8253 timer chip, which enabled the system to have a 3-channel sound generator.

The system was aimed at the Russian speaking market, since it has two character ROM's. One for compatibility with the Spectrum computer, and one that contains the Cyrilic characters. A key on the keyboard could switch between these two character sets.

The Z80 in the computer was a Soviet clone and the Spectrum ROM's were cloned in EPROMs.

Somwhere after the Bajt was introduced, an upgraded version was made, with 128KByte of RAM, a floppy disk drive and support for the CP/M Operating System.

Technical Details
Released 1990 Brand Brest Electromechanical Type Soviet Era Computers Name Bajt Byte Clone Of ZX Spectrum CPU Class Z80 CPU Zilog Z80A @3.5MHz Memory RAM: 48kB
RAM max: 80kB
ROM: 16kB
Sound Chip none Sound 3 channel sound Display Chip none Display 32x24 Text, 256x192 16 color graphics Best Text 32x24 Best Color 16 colors Best Graphics 256x192 in 16 colors Sprites none System OS Sinclair BASIC
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