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Info for bk0010


====== Elektronika BK-0010 (1985) and BK-0010.01 (1986) =======




===== Features =====

* CPU: K1801BM1-3
* RAM: 16kB
* ROM: 32kB
* Colors: b/w or 4
* Resolution: 512 x 256 or 256 x 256



===== Usage =====

Currently, MESS supports the following BK computers

* bk0010 [Elektronika BK-0010]
* bk0010fd [Elektronika BK-0010 with FDD]
* bk001001 [Elektronika BK-0010.01]

All the drivers support cassette tapes in .wav format, using the "cassette" (cass) device.

== Keyboard ==

This system requires full keyboard emulation to work correctly. At startup, full keyboard emulation mode is enabled by default. Whilst in full keyboard emulation mode, some key associated functionality may be disabled (like the ESC key for EXIT). The keyboard emulation mode is toggled using the "Scroll Lock" key (by default).



===== Known Issues =====

Emulation of bk0010fd is still preliminary (no disk support present, at the moment).



===== History and Trivia =====

The BK-0010 was the first Soviet home computer built in 1985. It comes with a quite powerful 16Bit DEC PDP-11 compatible processor called 1801BM1. Common programming languages were: FOCAL, BASIC, assembler - mostly on ROMs. The BK-0010 comes with a film keyboard. The BK-0010 is also known as BK-0010SH ("SH" means school model).

The BK-0010.01 was very much the same machine as the BK-0010 but it has a "real" keyboard. The BK-0010 / BK-0010.01 also have a ROM-Slot.

Additional info from Paul Romanchenko: the BK-0010.01 has a total of 32kB RAM that is divided into two regions: 16kB user space and 16kB screen area.

The 32kB ROM contains built-in BASIC interpreter (dialect Vilnus Basic). It has 4 colors in "low-res" mode (32 col x 24 rows), 2 colors in "hi-res" mode (62 col x 24 rows). BK-0010.01 is built after BK-0010, which has the same characteristic, but has only 8Kb ROM and hasn't built-in Basic.

The FOCAL language was distributed in separate ROM block which connected via special socket.

//(info from homecomputer.de)//



===== Links =====

* BK-0010 & BK-0010.01 at Home Computer Museum -- http://www.homecomputer.de/pages/easteurope_ussr.html#10



===== Other Emu =====

* EMU -- http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/
* Emulator 3000 -- http://www.emulator3000.org/e3.htm




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