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Electronika 60

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Type
  
Microcomputer

CPU
  
M2

Operating system
  
RT-11 and other

Electronika 60

Memory
  
4k 16-bit words; max 32k 16-bit words

The Electronika 60 (Russian: Электроника 60) was a terminal computer made in the Soviet Union by Electronika in Voronezh. It was a clone of an LSI-11 (made by the Digital Equipment Corporation).

The Electronika 60 was a rack-mount unit that served as a part of computing complex also comprising a 15IE-00-013 terminal and I/O devices. The main logic unit is located on the M2 CPU board.

M2 CPU Technical Characteristics:

  • Word length: 16 bit
  • Address space: 32K-words (64KB)
  • RAM size: 4K-words (8KB)
  • Number of instructions: 81
  • Performance speed: 250,000 operations per second
  • Floating point capacity: 32 bit
  • Number of VLSI chips: 5
  • Board dimensions: 240 × 280mm

    • The original implementation of Tetris was written for the Electronika 60 by Alexey Pajitnov. As the Elektra 60 has no graphics capability, text was used to form the blocks.

    References

    Electronika 60 Wikipedia
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