<s>
Vector-06C	B-Device
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
with	O
unique	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
that	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
mass-produced	O
in	O
USSR	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vector-06C	B-Device
was	O
created	O
by	O
Soviet	O
engineers	O
Donat	O
Temirazov	O
and	O
Alexander	O
Sokolov	O
from	O
Kishinev	O
,	O
Moldovan	O
SSR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
that	O
several	O
factories	O
started	O
production	O
of	O
Vector-06C	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
modifications	O
adopting	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
CPU	B-Device
or	O
the	O
unique	O
Soviet	O
KR580VM1	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
commercial	O
project	O
called	O
Vector	O
Turbo+	O
with	O
a	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-Device
,	O
clock	O
frequency	O
increased	O
to	O
6	O
or	O
12MHz	O
,	O
RAM	B-Architecture
sized	O
up	O
to	O
2	O
MiB	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
improvements	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presently	O
Vector-06C	B-Device
enjoys	O
loyal	O
following	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
remaining	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CPU	B-Device
:	O
KR580VM80A	O
(	O
8080	B-General_Concept
clone	O
)	O
,	O
factory	O
overclocked	O
to	O
3	O
MHz	O
(	O
standard	O
frequency	O
was	O
2.5MHz	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Busses	O
:	O
8-bit	O
data	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
,	O
16-bit	O
address	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
;	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
:	O
64	O
KiB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
KiB	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
video	O
memory	O
;	O
2048	O
bytes	O
of	O
ROM	B-Device
(	O
512	O
bytes	O
in	O
earlier	O
models	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frame	O
buffer	O
of	O
Vector-06C	B-Device
is	O
unusual	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3-channel	O
sound	O
system	O
based	O
around	O
KR580VI53	O
,	O
Soviet	O
clone	O
of	O
Intel	B-Device
8253	I-Device
timer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
Instruments	O
AY-3-8910	B-Device
or	O
Yamaha	B-Device
YM2149	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
2	O
modulation	O
methods	O
used	O
,	O
FSK	O
and	O
PSK	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
60-minute	O
cassette	B-Device
could	O
hold	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FSK	O
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
in	O
compatibility	O
modes	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
reading	O
data	O
written	O
on	O
Microsha	O
,	O
Radio-86RK	B-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
tape	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
original	O
software	O
is	O
PSK	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vector-06C	B-Device
had	O
no	O
built-in	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
tiny	O
ROM	B-Device
only	O
contained	O
a	O
boot	B-Application
loader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vector-06C	B-Device
was	O
sold	O
with	O
a	O
tape	O
containing	O
system	O
utility	O
and	O
game	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
software	O
titles	O
were	O
games	O
,	O
programming	O
languages	O
(	O
BASIC	O
,	O
Pascal	B-Application
,	O
a	O
monitor/debugger	O
,	O
Assembler	B-Language
)	O
,	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
editors	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
gaming	O
system	O
it	O
surpassed	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
Soviet	O
PC	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
unique	O
multi-color	O
palette	O
and	O
reasonably	O
fast	O
graphics	O
,	O
smooth	O
hardware	O
vertical	O
scrolling	O
,	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
overlay	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
image	O
planes	O
,	O
3-voices	O
sound	O
chip	O
,	O
a	O
fairly	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
hundreds	O
of	O
games	O
in	O
assembler	B-Language
and	O
thousands	O
in	O
Basic	O
created	O
for	O
Vector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
games	O
ported	O
from	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
standard	O
,	O
and	O
almost	O
without	O
any	O
changes	O
(	O
Rise	O
Out	O
,	O
Putup	O
,	O
Alibaba	O
,	O
Eric	O
,	O
Binary	B-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Pairs	O
,	O
Stop	O
the	O
express	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
less	O
from	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
Exolon	B-Application
,	O
Color	O
Lines	O
,	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
,	O
Cybernoid	B-Application
,	O
Filler	O
,	O
Best	O
of	O
the	O
Best	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wide	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
allowed	O
with	O
absolute	O
accuracy	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Spectrum	O
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
other	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
optional	O
floppy	O
disk	O
extension	O
,	O
CP/M	B-Application
version	O
2.2	O
was	O
adopted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
a	O
broad	O
range	O
of	O
CP/M	B-Application
software	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Vector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
some	O
Radio-86RK	B-Device
,	O
Microsha	O
,	O
Specialist	O
software	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
low-level	O
adaptation	O
of	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
titles	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
some	O
software	O
items	O
were	O
ported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
Vector	O
User	O
magazine	O
mentions	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
disassembler	O
,	O
a	O
processor	O
that	O
substitutes	O
Z80-specific	O
instructions	O
that	O
8080	B-General_Concept
was	O
lacking	O
with	O
macros	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Vector-06C	B-Device
was	O
foreshadowed	O
by	O
more	O
mainstream	O
home	O
computers	O
such	O
as	O
BK-0010	B-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
clones	O
,	O
it	O
enjoyed	O
a	O
considerable	O
loyal	O
following	O
of	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
hardware	O
extensions	O
there	O
are	O
RAM-disk	O
,	O
floppy	O
and	O
HDD	O
controllers	O
,	O
sound	O
synthesizers	O
,	O
realtime	O
clocks	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
