Soviet laptop "Electronics"
Today, I was accidentally struck by a crazy idea: to enter the phrase “Soviet laptop” into Google, which was done. I expected to see random hits on the word “Soviet” and a bunch of laptop advertisements. What was my surprise when I saw several links with the text "Electronics 901".
Portable PC "Electronics 901" is a PC-compatible personal computer with a monochrome liquid-crystal monitor. There was a standard onboard: i8086 processor with a clock frequency of 4.75 MHz (I personally suspect that it was the Soviet analogue of K1810BM86), 1 MB of memory, 10 MB hard drive, and a three-inch drive. The device was produced since 1991, although for that time the i8086 processor, released in 1978, was at least 16-bit, but still too old. Only about 1000 pieces were produced, which is a lot in principle, considering the price of 25,000 rubles. I doubt that after perestroika it was very popular.
Eyewitnesses and computer history experts see it as a suspicious resemblance to the Toshiba 3100.
For comparison, my first Penza Spectrum "Symbol" had a processor with a frequency of 3.5 MHz and 64 KB of memory and at the same "mobility" had such a price that everyone could afford it.
I'm not so old yet :), but my childhood and school years have left unforgettable minutes of communication with Agat-9 (Soviet apple-compatible computer), Electronics, ESCC, Spectrum, Yamaha ... There was no strong information about this unique product. Maybe there are people here who worked with this machine? Or maybe someone even has it?
Portable PC "Electronics 901" is a PC-compatible personal computer with a monochrome liquid-crystal monitor. There was a standard onboard: i8086 processor with a clock frequency of 4.75 MHz (I personally suspect that it was the Soviet analogue of K1810BM86), 1 MB of memory, 10 MB hard drive, and a three-inch drive. The device was produced since 1991, although for that time the i8086 processor, released in 1978, was at least 16-bit, but still too old. Only about 1000 pieces were produced, which is a lot in principle, considering the price of 25,000 rubles. I doubt that after perestroika it was very popular.
Eyewitnesses and computer history experts see it as a suspicious resemblance to the Toshiba 3100.
For comparison, my first Penza Spectrum "Symbol" had a processor with a frequency of 3.5 MHz and 64 KB of memory and at the same "mobility" had such a price that everyone could afford it.
I'm not so old yet :), but my childhood and school years have left unforgettable minutes of communication with Agat-9 (Soviet apple-compatible computer), Electronics, ESCC, Spectrum, Yamaha ... There was no strong information about this unique product. Maybe there are people here who worked with this machine? Or maybe someone even has it?
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/9739/
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