- ✔ Start of production: 1989.
- ✔ End of production: 1994.
- ✔ Processor: CM630/1Mhz (Bulgarian analogue of 6502).
- ✔ Memory (RAM): 128KB.
- ✔ Memory (ROM): 16KB.
- ✔ Disk drives: 1 or 2 - 5.25" floppy disk drives, ability to add a hard driv.
- ✔ Operating system: DOS 3.1, DOS 3.2, DOS 3.3, ProDOS.
- ✔ Screen resolution: 40x84 (16 colours), 80x48 (16 colours), 280x160 pixels, 280x192 pixels, 560x192 pixels (8 colours).
- ✔ Variations: Pravetz 8VC, which was an industrial model used to control various equipment.
- ✔ Notes: The most wide spread Pravetz model. It was used mainly in schools and as a home computer in the beginning of the 1990s. As with every new model this one features a better component integration. Most the previously used expansion boards are now part of the mainboard - the 80 column text mode card, RS232 interface, floppy disk controller, etc. Some of the earlier models lack some of the chips, such as the RS232 interface and could be purchased seperately. As with the previous model this one also uses the Bulgaria processor CM630 (analogue of 6502) as well as the Bulgarian chipset CM631. An interesting fact is that in 1990 a Bulgarian-Uzbekistanian company "Variant" was formed, which exported a lot of Pravetz 8C microcomputers for the needs of Uzbekistanian schools. More than half of the schools were equipped with Pravetz 8C (out of a total of 2500 schools).
- ✔ Port/slots: Integrated floppy disk controller, parallel controler and port for a printer, RGB connector, serial interface RS232, joystick port. Supports a 5MB hard drive through a seperate controller. The mainboard has 3 expansion slots.
- ✔ Manufacturer: Kombinat za Mikroprocesorna Tehnika - Pravetz.
- ✔ Price: 1560 BGN (1989-1990 year, the configuration includes 1 floppy drive and a monochrome monitor).
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