Baltic

Also called Балтик,Baltik.It was manufactured from 1988 by Sonet Minsk. The computer was inspired by or was successor to ZX Spectrum. Hardware is based on U880D (80A-CPU).

Parts of this topic may be machine translated.

The interesting thing about the computer is that it does not have a ULA, but the whole computer is made up of logic circuits of small integration, a total of 48 circuits including memories (8x DRAM, 2x ROM)

Variants

Sonet has produced several models of Baltic computers:

• "Baltic" - a regular 48K computer with tape-only data storage;
• "Baltic+" - a computer with a 5.25'' diskette drive, works under the Disk Monitor system
• "Baltic++" - same as "Baltic+", but can work with Disk Monitor and CP/M operating system; bad sold (high price). Made between 50 and 100 pcs.
• "Baltic+2" - same as "Baltic++" with printer;
• "Baltic+3" - same as "Baltic+2" with two floppy drives
• "Baltic+4" - same as "Baltic++" with two floppy drives (without printer)

References

• https://zxbyte.ru/baltic_en.htm (WebArchive)
• https://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spectrum/Baltik/Baltik.htm (WebArchive)
• http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=384 (WebArchive)
• https://ru.pc-history.com/baltik-russian-spektrum-sovmestimyj-bytovoj-kompyuter.html (WebArchive)
• https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_ZX_Spectrum (WebArchive)