Apogee BK-01
Apogee BK-01 or Apogey BK-01 (Russian: Апогей БК-01) is a Soviet 8-bit personal computer built on the Radio 86RK basis. It was in a serial production since 1988. Its later version Apogee BK-01C (Апогей БК-01Ц) featured the colour support.
Specifications
- Microprocessor: KR580VM80A (КР580ВМ80А)
- Clock speed: 1.78 MHz
- Memory: 64 kB
- including 56.25 kB user-available RAM,
- 4 kB ROM
- Video: KR580VG75 (КР580ВГ75) + KR580VT57 (КР580ВТ57)
- Text mode only (with pseudographics available in the character generator). The character generator is not software-changed.
- Colour: 1 bit (b/w), with character highlighting modes using brightness enhancement and/or twinkling and/or inversion.
- Video mode 1: Visible area 64×25 characters, 6×8 pixels each.
- Video mode 2: Visible area 64×50 characters, 6×4 pixels each (or 192×128 semigraphics pixels).
- Sound: KR580VI53 (КР580ВИ53)
- 3-channel, 1 bit per channel.
Dimensions
- System unit with an integrated keyboard - 400×240×55 mm.
- Power supply unit (separate) - 170×104×90 mm.
Miscellaneous
- External memory supported by the Monitor base operating system: consumer tape recorder (read/write at 1200 Bd with MEK-60-1 cassettes); and up to 64 kB ROM pluggable via the available I/O port (read only).
- Data display device: consumer b/w TV-set, tube or semiconductor, with or without LF video input.
- Manufacturer: BRA plant, township of Lesnoi, Klimovskii district, Tula region 301730 USSR
Price
- Average price: 440 RUB.
- Improved by the Golden cooperative and provided with higher RAM capacity, it was offered at 560 RUB.
Software
- Basic interpreter: 3 types, 2 of which were compatible – Basic-RK and Basic–GRAPHIC.
- A kit consisting of a text editor (2 kB), assembler (2 kB) and disassembler (2 kB).
- Approx. a dozen of games on Assembler and as many on Basic.
- Applications on Basic for advanced mathematics and statistics calculations.
Standard software was delivered recorded on two consumer compact cassettes МК-60-I. Each record (program) was preceded by a voice mark (introduction).
Emulators
Manual
Apogee BK-01C Manual. Translated into English from the original Russian language manual.
Appendix 3 for the Apogey BK-01C Manual (System and Application Programs).
Download
Apogee BK-01 games for download.
Bad Road (download)
Boulder Dash (download)
Gonki-1 (download)
Lode Runner (download)
Tetris (download)
Other files
RoboCop - Demo (download)
Star Wars - ASCII animation (download)
This is Apogey 2 - Music Compilation (download)
External links
- Апогей БК-01 at Wikipedia
- Апогей БК-01 at Emuverse
- Апогей БК-01 at ZX-PK.ru
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