MK-85 first personal pocket computer from USSR

Hello, friends.

In this post I would like to remember my first Pocket PC (programmable calculator) “Electronika MK-85” (made in USSR, 1986). It is based on 16-bit CPU with 2KB RAM and 32 KB Flash ROM (16 KB available, as RAID 1, mirror). There is simple logical file system with 10 files: P0-P9. It is still functional after 30 years had pasted!

Electronika MK-85 Pocket Personal Computer 1986

Electronika MK-85 Pocket Personal Computer 1986

This Pocket PC was bought to me approximately in late 1989 by my father. It helped me to study the BASIC programming language.
MK85-box

In the USSR all hardware was open-source! Every manufacturer *MUST* give guarantee, instruction and the schema for every product. Now we can see the schema of this computer.
MK85-schema

It was a great time!

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