My Soviet Speccys: Quick comparison of the working ones (10-Nov-2022)
29Thought it might be interested to get an overview of my working "Soviet" ZX Spectrum clones all together.
{Disclaimer to newcomers: by "Soviet" I mean these machines were designed, at least, before the breakup of the Soviet Union, or in a COMECON country, and/or use parts designed there}
I've done extensive videos on each of these machines - these are the ones that are working as they should ... I've got a few other interesting machines that have various faults that need fixing.
Featured here are the:
[1] Сантака 002 (Santaka) from Lithuania
[2] BYTE from Moldova
[3] Робик (Robik) from Ukraine
[4] Didaktik M from Czechoslovakia (later Slovakia)
They all have different styles of keyboard, use DIN sockets differently, and also have different implementations of the ZX BUS (NEMO BUS?)
Some other quirks:
[1] The Didaktik uses a 1:1 square aspect ratio instead of the usual 4:3
[2] The Robik has a white-on-blue screen instead of black-on-grey
[3] The Robik has an expansion port ... but no access from outside the case
[4] The Santaka needs an expansion box for the joystick rather than using a DIN socket
[5] There are two versions of the Moldovan BYTE - the Speccy look-a-like in this video and a Red cased one (utilises a ULA and is quite unreliable in my experience)