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** Eugene Bolshakoff ** | ** Eugene Bolshakoff ** | ||
- | This is a placeholder for a short introduction text. Here, Eugene will soon present his exhibition. Perhaps there is also a German version. You can go to this page by selecting ' | + | Home computing history in the Soviet Union was different than in the West. |
+ | In the West, there were many well-known home computers, people could buy them in a store, there were many programs, games and so on. They were very rare in Soviet Union, only people who could go abroad brought them. | ||
- | ==== General Data ==== | + | Some technologies were forbidden for official export to the USSR (and other Communist countries) because of CoCom Embargo (for example, Motorola 68k CPUs were used somewhere in U.S. military technologies and was considered as a multilateral technology). When Afghan war started in 1979, U.S. forbade local companies selling any technologies to the USSR. |
- | ^ Manufacturer | xxxxxx | | + | But in the whole world, personal computers became more popular at that time. First Soviet personal computers appeared in early 1980s, but they were professional computers made for institutions. |
- | ^ Model Name | xxxxxx | | + | DVK (Диалоговый вычислительный комплекс, |
- | ^ Year of Introduction | xxxxxx | | + | |
- | ^ Country | xxxxxx | | + | |
- | ^ Price at the time of introduction | xxxxxx + currency | | + | |
- | ==== Technical Data ==== | + | Before BK-0010 (one of the first home Soviet computers) was introduced, people tried to make their own computers at home - they ordered microchips (it was not easy!), made circuit boards at home... |
- | ^ Architecture | xxxxxx | | + | **I speak only English and Russian, sorry.\\ All demonstrations will be in English. In case you speak only German, we can try to use WT2 translation device or Google Translate on-site.\\ |
- | ^ CPU | xxxxxx | | + | All printed information will be in English too.** |
- | ^ RAM | xxxxxx | | + | |
- | ^ ROM | xxxxxx | | + | |
- | ^ Graphics | xxxxxx | | + | |
- | ^ Sound | xxxxxx | | + | |
+ | === General Data === | ||
- | ==== Details ==== | + | And, BK-0010 (БК, Бытовой Компьютер - Household computer) |
- | Further details | + | ^ Developer | Research and Production Association " |
+ | ^ Manufacturer | " | ||
+ | ^ Model Name | BK-0010 | | ||
+ | ^ Year of Introduction | 1985 | | ||
+ | ^ Country | USSR | | ||
+ | ^ Price at the time of introduction | ||
+ | === Technical Data === | ||
- | ===== Virtual Exhibition Desk ===== | + | ^ Architecture | LSI-11, 16-bit - PDP-11 compatible | |
+ | ^ CPU | К1801ВМ1, | ||
+ | ^ RAM | 32 Kb | | ||
+ | ^ ROM | 32 Kb | | ||
+ | ^ Graphics | RGB component connector to a household TV, 512x256 (2 colours, 64 symbols per line) or 256x256 (4 colours, 32 symbols per line) | | ||
+ | ^ Sound | Internal beeper | | ||
+ | ^ Storage | Audio tape, using a household audio tape recorder, 800K floppy disks later | | ||
- | [[..: | + | === Details === |
- | Here, you will find the times and days when the room is open to have a look at the exhibition, for questions, discussions | + | I will show BK-0010-01, the next version of BK-0010. BK-0010-01 has a real keyboard (instead of membrane keyboard in BK-0010) |
- | ==== Availability Times ==== | + | As a home computer (among many other 8-bit home computers), BK-0010 and its successors (BK-0010-01 and BK-0011M) used a household TV as a monitor and a household tape recorder (which was designed for listening to music) to load and save programs. Programs were stored and distributed on audio tapes. |
- | ^ Day ^ Day ^ | + | There was almost no official software for BK-0010-01. People usually created games and application software at home (or, who had access to DVK and/or other computers |
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+ | When BK-0011M was released, it already had a controller to connect a floppy drive, and OS RT-11 (which was also used on DVK) was ported to it (with the name BK-11). It was possible to use some software developed for RT-11. | ||
- | ==== Demo Times ==== | + | With a floppy controller, a couple of other (unofficial, |
- | This section contains | + | When Soviet Union was demolished, IBM PC-compatible computers appeared in former SU countries, but they were very expensive. BK was still in use until 1999 (or even longer). A company named AltPro developed |
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+ | In addition to home use, this computer was also used at schools. Using a special controller and ROM, computers were connected | ||
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+ | DVK or BK-0011M could be used as a teacher computer with floppy drive, and BK-0010-01 as students' | ||
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+ | Interest in BK-0010/ | ||
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