Editing Elektronika 60

{{Short description|Soviet micro-computer}}
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{{Infobox information appliance
| name      = Elektronika 60
| image     = E60M.JPG
| caption   = Elektronika 60M
| developer = [[Elektronika]]
| releasedate = 1978
| discontinued = 1991
| type      = [[Minicomputer]]
| os        = [[RT-11]] and other
| cpu       = M2 (Soviet [[LSI-11]]--[[PDP-11]] LSI CPU implementation--clone)
| memory    = 4kb [[16-bit]] words; max 32k 16-bit words
}}

The '''Elektronika 60''' ({{langx|ru|Электроника 60}}) is a [[computer]] made in the [[Soviet Union]] by [[Elektronika]] in [[Voronezh]] from 1978 until 1991. It is a rack-mounted system with no built-in display or storage devices. It was usually paired with a 15IE-00-013 terminal and I/O devices. The main logic unit is located on the M2 CPU board. As an unlicensed clone implementation of the DEC [[PDP-11|PDP-11/23]], the Elektronika 60 is generally software-compatible, could use much of the same peripherals, and physically resembles that model.

The original implementation of ''[[Tetris]]'' was written for the Elektronika 60 by [[Alexey Pajitnov]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tetris {{!}} video game {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tetris |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> As the Elektronika 60 does not have [[raster graphics]], text characters were used to form the blocks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jun/02/how-we-made-tetris |title=Tetris: how we made the addictive computer game |date=June 2, 2014 |publisher=The Guardian |first=Phil |last=Hoad}}</ref>

==Technical specifications==
M2 CPU:
* [[LSI-11]] ([[PDP-11]] LSI CPU implementation) clone
* Word length: 16 bits
* Address space: 32K words (64 KB)
* RAM size: 4K words (8 KB)
* Number of instructions: 81
* Performance: 250,000 operations  per second
* Floating-point capacity: 32 bits
* Number of [[Very Large Scale Integration|VLSI]] chips: 5
* Board dimensions: 240 × 280 mm

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100730023737/http://avr.nikolaew.org/komp1.htm Article about Elektronika-60 in Russian]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=257 Images of the Elektronika 60M]
* [http://archive.pdp-11.org.ru/ Archive software and documentation for Soviet computers UK-NC, DVK and BK0010]

{{List of Soviet computer systems}}

[[Category:PDP-11]]
[[Category:Ministry of the Electronics Industry (Soviet Union) computers]]

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