Poisk (russian: Поиск, "The Search") is an
IBM-compatible computer built by
KPO Electronmash () in
Kyiv
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,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
during the Soviet era.
It is based on the
K1810VM88 microprocessor, a clone of the
Intel 8088
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.
Developed since 1987 and released in 1989, it was the most common IBM-compatible computer in the
Soviet Union
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.
The basic version did not include an expansion module for
parallel
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or
serial port
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s for connecting a printer, mouse or other devices.
The computer had 128 KB of
RAM
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...
, and displayed
CGA graphics.
It was not fully IBM compatible, and its performance lagged behind the
IBM XT
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.
Poisk entered mass production in 1991, just before the Soviet collapse, and production output in the early 1990s reached several tens of thousands units a year.
References
Ministry of Radio Industry (USSR) computers
Computer-related introductions in 1989
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