The Iskra 1030 (russian: Искра 1030) was an

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compatible personal computer produced in the

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. It was designed by Elektronmash (russian: ЛНПО «Электронмаш») in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. The main manufacturers were the Iskra factory (russian: Искра) in

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and the Shchyotmash factory (russian: Счётмаш) in

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. The model line consisted of Iskra 1030.11 (basic), Iskra 1030М (modified), Iskra 1031, and Iskra 3104.

Specification

The Iskra 1030M produced from 1989 comprised: * CPU:

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(russian: КР1810ВМ86, Intel

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clone), 4.77 MHz * RAM: 640 KB * Display: color CGA compatible * Floppy disk drive: 1×720 KB * Hard disk drive: 20 MB * Operating system: ADOS (russian: АДОС; Russian DOS, compatible with MS-DOS/PC DOS 2.x and 3.x),

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* Release Date: 1989 I1030m.jpg, Искра 1030М I1031.jpg, Искра 1031

Software

The computer was shipped with ADOS, a Russian version of MS-DOS/PC DOS 2.x and 3.x, a

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interpreter, the special language and interpreter for accounting calculations YAMB (russian: ЯМБ, Язык машин бухгалтерских), the text editor R1. The operating system used the main code page, hardwired into the display ROM; it was compatible neither with

CP 866 Code page 866 (CCSID 866) (CP 866, "DOS Cyrillic Russian") is a code page used under DOS and OS/2 in Russia to write Cyrillic script. It is based on the "alternative code page" (russian: Альтернативная кодировка) developed ...

nor

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, although partially with ISO/IEC 8859-5.

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{{List of Soviet computer systems Personal computers Soviet computer systems

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