Партнер-01.01 (Partner): Part 7 (Where was I?)
21It's been too long since I last worked on this machine, a КР580ВМ80А-based (KR580VM80A, the Soviet version of the Intel 8080) computer from the early 1990s, so this is a quick catch-up video.
I'd made some small modifications to get it running - replaced the original 5V and 12V linear regulators with modern versions, changed some LEDs, and replaced the TV-socket with a DIN5 socket so I could get some video out.
I'm at the stage now where I want to try to load some software. The BASIC seems pretty flaky still ... haven't had much luck with that ... but I'm hopeful I can load some software via WAV files.
Will create an audio-input cable and give it a try next.
More details about the Partner can be found here:
https://github.com/alemorf/retro_computers/tree/master/Partner_01_01
... or here (with OCR'd text):
https://archive.org/details/partner-01-01-documentation