DVK (russian: ДВК, Диалоговый вычислительный комплекс, ''Interactive Computing Complex'') is a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
PDP-11-compatible
personal computer
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.
Overview
The design is also known as
Elektronika
Elektronika, also spelt Electronika and Electronica (russian: Электроника, "Electronics"), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, incl ...
MS-0501 and Elektronika MS-0502.
Early models of the DVK series are based on
K1801VM1 or K1801VM2
microprocessor
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s with a 16 bit
address bus
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. Later models use the KM1801VM3 microprocessor with a 22 bit extended address bus.
Models
*DVK-1
*DVK-1M
*DVK-2
*DVK-2M
*DVK-3
*DVK-3M2
*Kvant 4C (aka DVK-4)
*DVK-4M
File:Pn-gryaznov-d-o-1986-ips.jpg, DVK-1
File:Basic interpreter on the DVK computer.JPG, BASIC interpreter on the DVK computer
File:DVK-2M.JPG, DVK-2M
File:DVK-3 CPU.jpg, DVK-3 CPU
File:DVK3WIKI.JPG, DVK-3
File:DVK-3M2.JPG, DVK-3M2
File:DVK4WIKI.JPG, Kvant 4C (aka DVK-4)
See also
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Elektronika BK-0010
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SM EVM SM EVM (СМ ЭВМ, abbreviation of Система Малых ЭВМ—literally System of Mini Computers) are several types of Soviet Union, Soviet and Comecon minicomputers produced from 1975 through the 1980s.
Most types of SM EVM are clone (co ...
*
UKNC
UKNC (russian: УКНЦ) is a Soviet PDP-11-compatible educational micro computer, aimed at teaching school informatics courses. It is also known as Elektronika MS-0511. UKNC stands for Educational Computer by Scientific Centre.
Hardware
*CPU: KM ...
External links
Articles about the USSR Computers historyImages of the DVK computersArchive software and documentation for Soviet computers UK-NC, DVK and BK0010.
Microcomputers
Ministry of the Electronics Industry (Soviet Union) computers
PDP-11
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