- ✔ Start of production: 1985.
- ✔ End of production: 1987.
- ✔ Processor: 6502/1Mhz + Z80/4Mhz (Zilog-80, extended version of Intel i8080).
- ✔ Memory (RAM): 64KB (with the possibility to extend the memory to 128KB).
- ✔ Memory (ROM): 12KB.
- ✔ Disk drives: 1 or 2 - 5.25" floppy disk drives.
- ✔ Operating system: DOS 3.1, DOS 3.2, DOS 3.3, ProDOS, CP/M (only in Z80 mode).
- ✔ Screen resolution: Text mode 40x24 (rows/columns), graphics mode 280x192 pixels - 6 colours, 280x160 pixels + 4 text rows, 40x40 pixels + 4 text rows, 40x48 pixels in 16 colours.
- ✔ Variations: Pravetz 8M.
- ✔ Notes: The military version of Pravetz 8M features a completely different case and a different approach compared to the standard Pravetz series, due to its terminal design. In a single case the actual computer, the monitor and 2 floppy disk drives are integrated. The monitor itself is not the standard Pravetz monitor, but it is made in Poland. Pravetz 8M features a better elements integration compared to Pravetz 82. When the machine is working in 6502 mode it can work under the control of either DOS or ProDOS, while working in Z80 CPU mode allows it run CP/M. Another feature is the left and right arrow on the keyboard (as with later Pravetz 82 versions). It supports 4 embeded character sets and the keyboard has an auto repeat functionality when a key is held for a while (there is no longer a RPT key). The keyboard is laid out according to the QWERTY standard and the cyrillic layout is still non-standard, i.e. the so called phonetic layout. It is possible that the case design was insipired by the Acclaim II computer.
- ✔ Ports/slots: Casette player port, 8 expansion slots.
- ✔ Manufacturer: Kombinat za Mikroprocesorna Tehnika - Pravetz.
- ✔ Price: N/A.
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