The
Elektronika
Elektronika, also spelt Electronika and Electronica (, "Electronics"), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, including calculators, electronic w ...
MK-18M () was a
scientific calculator
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manufactured in the
Soviet Union
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. It was released in 1986.
Technical specifications
Source:
* Display:
vacuum fluorescent display
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A VFD operates on the principle of cathodoluminescence, ...
, green color, contains 8 digits + minus sign + error sign
* Power: 4 x AA batteries or AC adapter (with charging function) with 3-pin connector, power consumption ≤0.7W
* 20 buttons
* Case:
aluminium
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+
plastic
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* Supported numbers range: ±(10E-7)...±(10E8-1)
* Size: 170x86.5x27 mm, weighing around 350
gram
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s
Novelty
The Elektronika MK-18M calculator has no new novel functionality. Despite this, the aluminum casing was an improvement from previous models' plastic casing. In addition, the model was produced at Billur (
Kirovograd), in contrast to the Elektronica B3-18 and B3-18A models which were manufactured at
Angstrem (
Zelenograd
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) and NPO Elektronika (
Boguchar
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H ...
,
Voronezh Region).
See also
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Elektronika B3-34
Elektronika B3-34 (Cyrillic: Электроника Б3-34) was a Soviet programmable calculator. It was released in 1980 and was sold for 85 rubles.
B3-34 used reverse Polish notation and had 98 bytes of instruction memory, four stack user re ...
References
Computer-related introductions in 1986
Elektronika calculators
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