---
title: Salora Manager
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Finland
years:
- '1983'
cpus:
- 6502 A
params:
  name: Manager
  image: /media/museum/photos/salora_manager_system_s1.jpg
  company: /companies/salora
  company_name: Salora
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Manager
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Salora
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Finland
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1983'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Basic v1.0 (Microsoft Basic)
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: QWERTY, 49 typewriter keys including Scandinavian letters Ä, Å and Ö
  - label: CPU
    value: 6502 A
  - label: SPEED
    value: 2 MHz
  - label: RAM
    value: 32 kb (up to 64 kb)
  - label: VRAM
    value: 16 kb
  - label: ROM
    value: 16 kb
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 36 chars. x 24 lines
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 256 x 192 dots
  - label: COLORS
    value: '16'
  - label: SOUND
    value: |-
      4 voices (3 voice channels + 1 noise channel)\
      from 245 to 12500 Hz
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: |-
      TV/Audio (RCA)\
      2 joystick sockets (Salora specific)\
      Disk drive port\
      Tape-recorder (600 bauds)\
      Centronics port\
      Cartridge slot\
      Expansion port\
      Parallel port
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External AC adaptor
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 16 KB RAM expansion, 5.25'' floppy drive unit
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  comments:
  - author: Roger Jowett (Ulster Londonderry)
    date: Saturday 6th April 2013
    text: |-
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$zsjTpFR0oYQ

      please help we have zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program running at 6mhz using external ram and snapper discs from velesoft site
  oc_id: 1118
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230602183957/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1118
    date: '2023-06-02'
---

The Salora Manager was the Finnish version of the Video Technology [Laser 2001](/museum/video-technology-laser-2001/).

However, it had some differences compared to the original:\
• It had a new case to match the cheaper [Fellow](/museum/salora-fellow/) in the more Salora-like colouring,\
• The keyboard had been modified by adding the Scandinavian letters Ä, Å and Ö,\
• Joysticks ports were different so you could only use joysticks manufactured by Salora (many machines were hacked to use Atari-standard controllers).

The Coleco adapter was planned for the Manager too, but was propably never released. Some pre-production examples did make it out the door.

A 5 1/4" disk drive was also released in the Salora color scheme.

The Salora machines had some brief success because Salora was a well known company in Finland and people didn't really know how global the computer market was. In the end Salora machines disappeared quite quickly mainly due to lack of software and the onslaught of Commodore and Spectravideo.\
During the last days of the machine they were sold at rock bottom prices. You could get a Manager + disk drive + games/programs bundle for less than the price of a Commodore disk drive!

After the Vtech fiasco Salora had plans or they actually even announced it, that they were to start distributing Mitsubishi manufactured MSX machines and peripherals under the Salora brand, but this never happened. This information regarding the MSX ordeal can be found from the Finnish MikroBitti magazine.

Thanks to **Taneli Lukka** for this information.

Thanks to [The Artic Computer and Console Museum](http://www.pelikonepeijoonit.net/index.html) for the picture. You will also find great info about the Coleco adapter.