- ✔ Start of production: 1987.
- ✔ End of production: 1989.
- ✔ Processor: CM630/1Mhz (Bulgarian analogue of 6502).
- ✔ Memory (RAM): 64KB (with the possibility to extend the memory to 1080KB).
- ✔ Memory (ROM): 16KB.
- ✔ Disk drives: 1 or 2 - 5.25" floppy disk drives.
- ✔ Operating system: DOS 3.1, DOS 3.2, DOS 3.3, ProDOS.
- ✔ Screen resolution: Text mode 40x24 or 80x24 (requires 128KB memory), low graphics mode (GR) 40x48 or 80x48 (requires 128KB memory), high graphics mode (HGR) 280x192 or 560x192 (requires 128KB memory).
- ✔ Variations: Pravetz 8A and Pravetz 8E are basically the same computer. It is not certain what the difference between the two models are. According to some sources the 8E version was an export version of 8A, featuring a better design, but according to other sources the 8E was an industrial version of 8A. The Pravetz 8A has variations with two types of keyboards - a standard keyboard and a keyboard rubber based keyboard. The later type has a better keyboard design and a different controller.
- ✔ Notes: The most imporant fact about this computer is that for the first time it uses the Bulgarian microprocessor CM630, which is an analogue of 6502. The chipset is also Bulgarian (??631). Pravetz 8A/8E supports 8 bit character set (as opposed to the 7 bit code table supported in previous models), which allowed for capital and lower case letters in cyrillic and english. The keyboard now features arrow keys for all four directions as well as function keys F1 & F2. The integrated support for cassette player was removed. The machine also includes an enchanced version of MONITOR (BIOS). The person in charge of the development of Pravetz 8A was engineer Peter Petrov.
- ✔ Manufacturer: Kombinat za Mikroprocesorna Tehnika - Pravetz.
- ✔ Price: Unknown.
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