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Romanian Home Computer
A tribute to Romanian Sinclair Spectrum compatible Home Computers
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This little website is meant as an extension for the Romanian Home Computer Group.
Please contact me at george[dot]chirtoaca[at]gmail[dot]com for suggestions.
Updates:
September 2024
Added HC Norton by Aleo in Projects
February 2024
Added improved ROMs, including OPUS rom for HC, and related programs from Aleodor Daniel-Ioan: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1SOsfid6uTnmhqzoAYRSvUXQ5gG_juncm .
Updated HC hardware improvements SE (better pictures & more improvements) by Aleodor Daniel-Ioan:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wp1Nymgmb6b6OapceqT59jbv07awEgLc/view?usp=drive_link
January 2024
Added ICE Felix - Interface 1 technical specifications - thanks to Anton Constantin
Added more ROMs in Software, provided by Aleodor-Daniel Ioan, some original, some modified, as documented
Updated HC hardware improvements to extension - Second Edition - by Aleodor-Daniel Ioan
Added HC hardware upgrades to mainboard - Aleodor Daniel Ioan; Added the flash ROM update programs for BASIC & CP/M.
December 2023
Added 2 versions of HC IF1 ROM chip dumps, 320 and 640 KB disk support, provided by Aleodor-Daniel Ioan
Updated HC Commander with BASIC and HEX file viewers.
November 2023
Created a page for data recovery from a tape with turbo-loading ZX Spectrum games: https://sites.google.com/site/georgechirtoaca/documentation/digitizing-tapes?authuser=0
August 2023
Added corrected version of IF1 schematics from Anton Constantin <stietot@gmail.com> in Documentation
June 2023
Added documents by Alodor Daniel Ioan in Documentation: HC hardware optimizations and books
March 2023
Added new project on GitHub: a ZX Spectrum game compressor: https://github.com/0sAND1s/SpectrumGameCompressor
Many updates made to HCDisk2 tool, found in projects
IF1 schematics from Anton Constantin <stietot@gmail.com> added in Documentation
October 2022
Updated HCDisk in Projects, added serial port bidirectional file transfer, TAP files transfer for Spectrum+IF1/HC+disk, improvements.
June 2022
Updated HCDisk in Projects: now includes BASIC loader automatic translation for disk/tape loading syntax.
April 2022
Added a better scans of HC-85 Manual Tehnic and HC-91 Manual Utilizare from BogDan Vatra in Documentation
Added HCRun program in Projects
February 2022
Added new ROM files for Prae computer from Alex Floca.
Added in Projects an older disk loader for HC by Rares Atodiresei and a disk with a multilevel game, Turrican, in Software/Disks
January 2022
Updated to the new site layout. Fixed all file links to point to Google Drive instead of Box.net.
September 2017
- Added Junior XT schematics in Documentation, thanks to yo3ghm
5 September 2014
- Added HCDisk2 in Projects
11 April 2014
- Added "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" multilevel game converted for disk by Rares Atodiresei.
28 January 2014
- Prae ROM in Software - thanks to Raimund Ullmann
- Prae Manual in Documentation - Raimund Ullmann
- Prae Basic Manual in Documentation
14 May 2013
- Fuse Update: fuse-emulator-svn-hc2000-v2.7z - based on Fuse 1.1.0
13 May 2013
- Added HC Run program by Rares Atodiresei, in Projects
- Added 2 multilevel games converted by Rares Atodiresei for HC with disk, in Software
13 January 2013
-Scheme logice TIM-S Plus - thanks to Alin Adrian ANTON
20 October 2012
- Updated version of HC 2000 emulator for Spectrum +3, now with CP/M support, thanks to Rares Atodiresei
12 October 2012
- Added Revista "Clubul programatorilor universitari" - thanks to Alin-Adrian ANTON
31 October 2012
- Added new version of Fuse emulator, with support for HC CP/M. Thanks to Alex Badea. Download
26 October 2012
- Added HC 2000 Emulator for Spectrum +3, by Rares Atodiresei in Projects
12 September 2012
- Added new schematics, Cobra analog PAL coder, created by Bubu, in Documentation
13 August 2012
- Added Fuse emulator in Projects, modified by Alex Badea to emulate a HC with disk. Download
11 November 2011
- Added 3 new games adapted to load levels from disk by Rares Atodiresei: ChaseHQ, Cabal, Shadow Dancer
27 October 2011
- Added the Assembly Language Tutorial (Tutor), Romanian version, adapted for HC disk by Rares Atodiresei
23 October 2011
- Added "Totul despre calculatorul personal aMic" volume 2 book in Documentation, thanks to Alex Danes
16 October 2011
- Added LB 881manual in Documentation
- Added "Totul despre calculatorul personal aMic" volume 1 book in Documentation, thanks to Alex Danes
20 September 2011
- Added many compressed games in Software, created by Rares Atodiresei and myself. Note the modified version of R-Type, adapted for HC disk interface by Rares.
18 April 2011
- Added book Ion Diamandi - Coleg de banca, thanks to Teodor Chira
8 October 2010
- HC Commander Beta in Projects
- HC File System description document in Documentation
18 January 2010
- Added "Ion Diamandi - PC World Romania - Tips & Tricks - Jocuri pe calculator.pdf" in Documentation. Thanks to icf.
10 January 2010
- Added "Vlad Atansiu - Minunata lume a HC-ului". Thanks to icf.
08 Mars 2009
- Added "Calculatorul nimic mai simplu". Thanks to Alex Danes.
- Added link to external site with "Stiinta si tehnica" magazine archive
22 October 2008
Created the Pictures page with pictures of most of the Romanian computers
18 August 2008
Added TIM-S usage manual and CoBra presentation manuals in Documentation - thanks to Alex Danes
Added CIP-01 ROM and Compress Copy 128, Super Copy 128 in Software - thanks to Eugen
12 August 2008
Added TIM-S+ computer manual, thanks to Eugen.
10 June 2008
- Added Cobra technical manual, thanks to Roelof Koning
09 June 2008
- Added Sintez 2 schematics, thanks to Rares.
03 June 2008
- Added CIP03 manual, thanks to Roelof Koning.
17 April 2008
- Added HC IF1 schematics, thanks to Liviu Grama.
16 April 2008
- Added HC2000 schematics in Documentation, thanks to Liviu Grama.
08 April 2008
- Added complete version of HC2000 Manual in Documentation, thanks to Mihai Alexandru Vasiliu.
- Added PDF version of HC Ports document in Documentation.