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KRAKEN ZX Spectrum MultiClone PREORDER (available after 2025-12-15)


KRAKEN ZX Spectrum MultiClone  PREORDER

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449.00 PLN

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Weight: 0.4 kg

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Zx Spectrum 1:1 replica, with minor changes ;-)

(ok.. i like CLONE word only in the "movie" title)   

 

PREORDER; Deliveries as soon as possible, but  safe for me is half od of December. 

 

 

Technical data:

  • 4 layer board of 74.17x213.49mm
  • DESIGNED TO FIT INTO ORGINAL ZX48/48 PLUS CASE WITHOUT ANY DRILLING/CUTTING/OTHER BARBARITIES
  • 2 x Z80 inside   -  FPGA NMOS and real Z80 CMOS 
  • Turbo Sound FM ( dual AY 3-8912 + 2 " FM PART" of Yamaha 2203) /fpga/
  • Sound Drive / Covox x 4 /fpga/
  • Saa1099 chip /fpga/
  • mini din 9 audio/RGB out / SEGA 
  • TAPE in/out integrated in one jack stereo 
  • ULA PLUS / TIMEX GRAPHICS in selected modes
  • 9bit RGB output / PURE, PIXEL PERFECT PICTURE/
  • max 512kb ram
  • power supply  9V ac/dc  min 400mA  suggested, polarity doesn`t matter. 
  • 2 x  dedicated clock generators, to obtain perfect timings of 128/48/pentagon modes
  • Button: short CLICK - mode chnage, LONG - reset 
  • Mode selected with button press and stored after power off
  • Power supply and video cable sold separately. Please check related TABS. 

 

 

DISCLAIMER !!

pictures show cased version. subject of sale: assembled and tested motherboard only. 

 

 

  MODE Beeps CPU / Turbo ULA PLUS RAM beeper AY ROM
1 48 orginal 1 short Z80 3,5   0, S 48 1 0 48
2 48_TURBO 2 short Z80S 3,5 / 14  1 48 1 1 GOSH
3 PENT_BASE 3 short Z80 3,5 / 7  0 512 1 2 PENT
4 PENT_TURBO 4 short Z80S 3,5 / 14  0 512 1 2 PENT
5 128 1 long, 1 short Z80 3,5xx 0, S 128C 0 1 ORG
6 128_MAX 1 long, 2 short Z80 3,5xx 1 128C 0 2 BUG FIX
7 AMSTRAD +3 1 long, 3 short Z80 3,5xx  1 128C 0 1 +3
8 TIMEX 2048 1 long, 4 short Z80 3,5  1 48 1 1 2048

 

  • Z80 3,5 - Orginal Z80
  • Z80S 3,5 - Soft Core Z80
  • Z80 3,5xx - custom made 28,3576MHZ cristall to obtain perfect 128 timings.
  • /7, /14 - max speed in Turbo MODE
  • 128C - conteneded memory machine equivalent
  • S:  snow effect
  • AY : 0 - no AY, 1 - one AY, 2 - Turbo Sound

 

 

Hardware layout: (1.5B) - version offered is 1.5C - few minor changes related to fpga pin mapping thus layout may differ a little bit. 

 

 

  • JP1 - bluetooth adapter connector
  • JP2 - mini DIN-9 video output
  • JP3 - AVR Kanda / FPGA jtag 
  • JP4 - JUMPER - not used yet.. any ideas ?
  • JP5 - Power_on jumper - connect to power on device
  • JP6, JP7 - keyboard connectors
  • JP8 - Bluetooth channel select : left/right
  • JP9 - Tape_in/Tape_OUT - tested with mono_jack 3,5mm for tape loading routine
  • JP10 - dc jack - power supply - 2.5/5.1mm - 9V preferably and suggested ;-)

 

 

 

Few extras:

  • GAMEMODE
    • KRAKEN will switch to game mode only from MODE 1 -  ZX48 orginal 
    • rear button press changes games ( 8games per game_mode).
      • press  Z + X + G - game mode_1
      • press  Z + X + B - game mode_2

 

  • KEYBOARD RESET - Amiga STYLE
    • press  Z + X + space - hardware reset (no wait)
    • if Your keep pressing space - Your divmc/diivide will re-initialise
    • keyboard reset exits game_modes / diagnorom mode and restarts machine in mode selected

 

  • DIAGNOROM
    • press  Z + X + 0 (zero)  - hardware reset and DIAGNOROM 1.71
    • tact switch will change modes to test all of them (cpu, contention, etc)

 

  • HIDDEN SURPRISE - my first ZX GAME PLAYED EVER on my FIRST ZX MACHINE ;-)
    • press  Z + X + G in Timex mode ;-) 

 

  • TURBO MODE 
    • press  Z + X + T  - Turbo toogle on/off 
    • works inly in mentioned modes.
    • 3 seconds gap between toggling
    • Please, use only whilst software runs - ie. inside game
    • DISCLAIMER: many external devices /divmmc,divide/ will not work properly, when Z80 is in turbo mode. Use it wisely.

 

 


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HISTORY: (3 years at few pictures)

 

 

rev 1.0

 

 

 

rev 1.1A

 

 

 

 

 

rev 1.2 (2025-05-10)  - CODENAME "KRAKEN"

 

rev 1.3 

  • reworked power supply
    • any power supply ranged 8-10V shall work
  • minor dimensions/fitting holes corrections
  • minor connectors positions corrections
  • ULA PLUS video circuit from fpga added
  • external clock, IORQ_E, Clock slector built on 1g chips ( in order to get extra pins from FPGA)
  • added tackt switch to enable JTAG mode of fpga
  • Dual purpose pins used to maximum ;-) (excpet reconfig_N) 
  • dedicated port #FE octal bus tranciver added for Keybaord and TAPE_IN (yes..lack of pins in FPGA)
  • many minor changes... to many to remeber ;-)

 

 

 

rev 1.4 - added AVR

 

 

 

rev 1.5 (a,b)

  • fpga changed to bigger one
  • rgb output reworked /9bit/
  • keyboard controller reworked 
  • many minor changes..