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6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun. 4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: Hobbit
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- Russia
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years:
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- '1990'
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cpus:
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- UA800
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params:
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name: Hobbit
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company: /companies/hobbit
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company_name: HOBBIT
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Hobbit
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Hobbit
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Russia
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1990'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Sinclair BASIC
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stroke 88 keys with function keys and numeric keypad. 33 reprogrammable keys, supports cyrillic/roman/arabic alphabets
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- label: CPU
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value: UA800 (Russian Z80A clone)
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- label: SPEED
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value: 3.58 MHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 64 Kb (could be switched in 48 Kb mode)
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- label: VRAM
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value: 6.5 Kb
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- label: ROM
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value: 16 Kb
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 32 chars. x 24 lines (80 x 24 in CP/M mode)
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 256 x 192 dots
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- label: COLORS
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value: '16'
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: System bus, Parallel, Serial RS232, 3 joystick ports (1 x Kepston, 2 x Sinclair), socket for language ROMs, TV out, TTL monitor out
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: None
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- label: OS
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value: BETA (CP/M clone), network drivers (100 Kbaud)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External power supply unit - 5v, 1.5A, 220-240v
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Up to 4 5.25'' FDD, tape recorder, printer, joystick, lightpen, mouse, HDD with special patch, later version came with built in 3,5'' FDD
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- label: PRICE
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value: About $170 equivalent
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oc_id: 955
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230324124846/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=955
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date: '2023-03-24'
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---
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Many Spectrum clones were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union or Russia, among them **Spektr 48**, **Moskva**, **Robik** and **Sprinter**. Some of them greatly surpassed the features of the original Sinclair [Spectrum](/museum/sinclair-zx-spectrum/).
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The Hobbit was one of the most famous Speccy clones. It was a quite powerful system, mainly used in education, and also known in some Western European countries.
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Like in many Eastern clones, the processor was a Russian version of the Z80A (UA800). However, the Hobbit had several powerful additional features: CP/M mode, Shadow mode allowing numerous BASIC extensions, various EEPROM configurations with additional languages like LOGO, Pascal, C or FORTH, network capabilities...
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The early version of the Hobbit was a very limited edition and stoped being manufactured around early 1990. But at that time, another manufacturer called **InterCompex** changed it into the later version with numeric keypad and more features.
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The Rage Hard magazine wrote about the Hobbit: "The Hobbit is a Soviet Spectrum clone that does everything Uncle Clive built into the original Speccy, plus lot of the things he forgot..." :-)
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After switching on the Hobbit, you could see classic Sinclair screen, but in the Russian Cyrillic language. Furthermore, there was a special key allowing the user to switch between the Cyrillic or Latin alphabets.
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One of the most amazing features was something like the early RAID system. In a Hobbit network, if some Hobbit in the network crashed during work, the "master" Hobbit could recover files and data from it.
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Thanks to **Vladimir Kopacek** for information and **Dimitri Kokken** for the picture
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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