Also known as Пентагон Operating system | Type Home computer Memory 48 to 1024 KB | |
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Release date 1989; 28 years ago (1989) CPU КР1858ВМ1/3, Т34ВМ1, Z80A, B, H @ 3.5 MHz | ||
The Pentagon (Пентагон) home computer was a clone of the British-made Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128. It was manufactured by amateurs in the former Soviet Union, following freely distributable documentation. Its PCB was copied all over the ex-USSR in 1991-1996, which made it a widespread ZX Spectrum clone. The name "Pentagon" derives from the shape of the original PCB (Pentagon 48), with a diagonal cut in one of the corners.
Contents
Many simple devices (upgrades) were invented to connect to the Pentagon with a soldering iron.
Versions
The Pentagon 1024SL v2.3 included most of the upgrades of the standard Spectrum architecture, including 1024 KB RAM, Beta 128 Disk Interface and ZX-BUS slots (especially for IDE and General Sound cards). This model also featured a "turbo" mode (7 MHz instead of the original's 3.50 MHz).