Elektronika

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Elektronika
Type Brand
Founded 1968
Headquarters Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
Key people not disclosed
Industry Electronics
Products Electronics
Number of people not disclosed
Website N/A

Elektronika (Электроника) is a brand name used in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and later in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

It was used for calculators, computers, electronic watches, portable electronic games, and radios that were developed by various factories managed by the Soviet Ministry of the Electronics Industry.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the brand name continued to be used for electronics developed in the former countries of the USSR, including Ukraine and Belarus.

Computers and video game consoles by Elektronica

Name Released Notes
Elektronika 60 1978 PDP–11/03 clone. It was the computer Alexey Pajitnov used to develop Tetris.
Palestra-02 1978 Pong clone. It contained hockey, soccer, squash, tennis, and volleyball.
Unlike later Elektronika consoles, it was constructed using discrete components like transistors, resistors, and capacitors. Manufactured at the Lorta plant.
Eureka 1978 Pong clone. It contained soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash, tennis, and training (one-player squash).
Turnir 1978 Pong clone. It contained hockey, squash, tennis, and training (one-player squash).
Used the General Instrument AY-3-8500 instead of the soviet K145IK17 IC chip.
Eksi-Video 01 1979 Pong clone. It contained soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash, tennis, and training (one-player squash).
Eksi-Video 02 1979 Pong clone. It contained soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash, tennis, and training (one-player squash).
It also included a lightgun to play two target shooting games.
Rubin TS1-205 1981 Pong clone. It contained soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash, tennis, and training (one-player squash).
The Rubin TS1-205 was a color television with a built-in video game console.
Videosport 1981 Pong clone. It contained lapta, soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), and tennis.
It also included a lightgun to play a target shooting game.
Videosport-2 1982 Pong clone. It contained lapta, soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), and tennis.
It also included a lightgun to play a target shooting game.
Videosport-3 1983 Pong clone. It contained lapta, soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash and tennis.
It also included a lightgun to play four target shooting games.
Elektronika BK-0010 1985 PDP–11/03 clone. It had a membrane keyboard rather than a keyboard with keycaps.
Elektronika BK-0010 Sh 1985 PDP–11/03 clone. It contained a network adapter to connect to the KUVT-86 (КУВТ-86) local network for educational use in schools.
Videosport-M 1985 Pong clone. It contained lapta, soccer, soccer with a handicap (advantage), squash and tennis.
It also included a lightgun to play four target shooting games.
Elektronika BK-0010.01 April 1987 PDP–11/03 clone. It had a standard keyboard and contained a BASIC compiler rather than the Focal compiler of the Elektronika BK-0010.
Elektronika BK-0010.01 Sh 1987 PDP–11/03 clone. It contained a network adapter to connect to the KUVT-86 (КУВТ-86) local network for educational use in schools.
Elektronika BK-0011 April 1989 PDP–11/03 clone. It had 96 KB more RAM, 1 Mhz faster CPU, a newer version of BASIC, and a floppy controller. The disk drive was not included.
Elektronika BK-0011M 1990 PDP–11/03 clone. Restored functionality that was absent in the BK-0011, making it backward compatible.