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
minicomputer
architecture PDP-11 compatible
category PDP-11 clones NERFINISHED
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
high-level languages for PDP-11 family
storageOptions disk drives (typical for its class)
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
mathematical modeling
process control
wordLength 16-bit

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Tetris platform Electronika 60