Electronika 60
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Electronika 60 is a Soviet-era minicomputer best known as the original hardware platform on which the game Tetris was first developed.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet computer
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minicomputer ⓘ |
| architecture | PDP-11 compatible ⓘ |
| category |
PDP-11 clones
NERFINISHED
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Soviet minicomputers ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | PDP-11 software (partially) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| cpuType | PDP-11 compatible CPU ⓘ |
| dataInputMethod | command-line interface ⓘ |
| displayType | text-based display ⓘ |
| era | Cold War computing ⓘ |
| formFactor | rack-mounted system ⓘ |
| graphicsCapability | no dedicated bitmap graphics ⓘ |
| hardwarePlatformFor | early versions of Tetris clones in the USSR ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | platform for one of the most influential video games ⓘ |
| influenced | early Soviet computer gaming ⓘ |
| inputDevice | keyboard ⓘ |
| introductionPeriod |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | NPO Scientific Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market |
industrial enterprises
ⓘ
institutional users ⓘ research institutes ⓘ |
| memoryType | core memory ⓘ |
| notableEvent | creation of Tetris in 1984 at the Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the original hardware platform for Tetris ⓘ |
| notableGameDeveloped | Tetris GENERATED ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | PDP-11 style operating systems ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
engineering applications
ⓘ
industrial control ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| producedIn | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguagesUsed |
assembly language
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high-level languages for PDP-11 family ⓘ |
| storageOptions |
disk drives (typical for its class)
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magnetic tape (typical for its class) ⓘ |
| successor | Electronika 60M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | second-generation minicomputers ⓘ |
| tetrisDeveloper | Alexey Pajitnov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tetrisDevelopmentYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| tetrisOriginalInterface | text-mode representation of blocks ⓘ |
| usedAt | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedForDevelopmentOf | Tetris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInField |
computer science research
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mathematical modeling ⓘ process control ⓘ |
| wordLength | 16-bit ⓘ |
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