The Kay 1024 was a Russian ZX Spectrum clone introduced in 1998. Created by the NEMO company of St. Petersburg, it has 1024 KB of RAM. It was a rival to Scorpion ZS 256, having a slightly lower price. It offered a controller for a PC keyboard and HDD, but not for floppy disks (although available as an extension card). Adding a General Sound card was easy, and the CPU had a 7 Mhz turbo mode. Earlier** versions of the machine were known as Kay 128 and Kay 256. ** The Kay 2006 NB (North Bridge) is a 2006 version based on the Altera EPM7064 MAX. It** adds three new graphics modes: Multicolor, GigaScreen and 512×192 pixels in 2 colors. ** The**** Kay 2010 or Kay 1024/SL4 is a 2010 update of the original KAY 1024 with a few minor additions and improvements. ******** The Kay 2010 mainboards are manufactured in Chelyabinsk. ****

Specifications

Brief technical specifications of KAY-1024 computer: