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List of Soviet computer systems

This is the list of Soviet computer systems. The Russian abbreviation EVM (ЭВМ), present in some of the names below, means "electronic computing machine".

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This is the list of Soviet computer systems. The Russian abbreviation EVM (ЭВМ), present in some of the names below, means "electronic computing machine" (Russian: электронная вычислительная машина).

List of hardware

The Russian abbreviation EVM (ЭВМ), present in some of the names below, means "electronic computing machine" (Russian: электронная вычислительная машина).

Ministry of Radio Technology

Agat-9 source ↗

Computer systems from the Ministry of Radio Technology:1

Ministry of Instrument Making

Iskra-1030 source ↗

Computer systems from the Ministry of Instrument Making:1

Ministry of the Electronics Industry

Computer systems from the Ministry of Electronics Industry:1

Soviet Academy of Sciences

Besta running Bestix source ↗

ZX Spectrum clones

Hobbit source ↗

Other

  • 5E** (5Э**) series – military computers
    • 5E51 (5Э51)
    • 5E53 (5Э53)
    • 5E76 (5Э76) – IBM/360 clone, military version
    • 5E92 (5Э92)
    • 5E92b (5Э92б)
  • A seriesES EVM-compatible military computers
  • Argon — a series of military real-time computers
  • AS-6 (АС-6) – multiprocessor computing complex, name is Russian abbreviation for "Connection Equipment – 6"
  • Dnepr (Днепр)
  • GVS-100 (ГВС-100, Гибридная Вичислителная Система) – Hybrid Computer System
  • Irisha (Ириша)
  • Juku (Юку) — Estonian school computer
  • Kiev (Киев)
  • Korvet (Корвет)
  • Krista (Криста)
  • Micro-80 (Микро-80) — experimental PC, based on 8080-compatible processor
  • Microsha (Микроша) — modification of Radio-86RK
  • MIR, МИР (uk:ЕОМ "МИР-1", uk:ЕОМ "МИР-2")
  • Nairi (Наири)
  • Orion-128 (Орион-128)
  • Promin (Проминь)
  • PS-2000, PS-3000 – multiprocessor supercomputers in the 1980s
  • Razdan (Раздан)
  • Radon — real-time computer, designed for anti-aircraft defense
  • Radio-86RK — simplified and modified version of Micro-80
  • Sneg2 (Снег)
  • Specialist (Специалист)
  • SVS
  • TsUM-1 (ЦУМ-1)
  • TIA-MC-1 An arcade system
  • UM (УМ)
  • UT-88
  • Vesna and Sneg2 — early mainframes

List of operating systems

  • For Kronos
    • Kronos3
  • For BESM
    • D-68 (Д-68, Диспетчер-68, Dispatcher-68)
    • DISPAK ("Диспетчер Пакетов," Dispatcher of the Packets)
    • DUBNA ("ДУБНА")
  • For ES EVM
    • DOS/ES ("Disk Operation system for ES EVM")
    • OS/ES ("Disk Operation system for ES EVM")
  • For SM EVM
    • RAFOS (РАФОС), FOBOS (ФОБОС) and FODOS (ФОДОС) — RT-11 clones
    • OSRV (ОСРВ) — RSX-11M clone, one of the most popular Soviet multi-user systems
    • DEMOSBSD-based Unix-like; later was ported to x86 and some other architectures
    • INMOS (ИНМОС, Инструментальная мобильная операционная система)
  • For 8-bit microcomputers
  • For ZX Spectrum clones
  • For different platforms
    • MISS (Multipurpose Interactive timeSharing System) – ES EVM ES1010, ES EVM ES1045, D3-28M, PC-compatible, etc.
  • MOS (operating system) – a Soviet clone of Unix in the 1980s
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Judy, Richard W.; Clough, Robert W. (1989). "Soviet Computers in the 1980s: A Review of the Hardware". Advances in Computers. 29: 251–330. doi:10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60535-5. ISBN 9780120121298.
  2. "Электронные вычислительные машины "Весна" и "Снег"". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.
  3. "Google Code Archive – Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010.
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