Elektronika 60

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The Elektronika 60 (Russian: Электроника 60) was a terminal computer made in the Soviet Union by Elektronika in Voronezh. It was a clone of a DEC PDP-11.

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

M2 CPU Technical Characteristics:

  • Word length: 16 bit
  • Address space: 32K-words (64KiB)
  • RAM size: 4K-words (8KiB)
  • 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 Elektronika 60 by Alexey Pajitnov.

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