History of Computer Hardware in Soviet Bloc Countries - Belarussian Computers

Belarussian Computers

From 1959 to 1975, several types of general-purpose computers had been developed in Byelorussia. These machines had become a basis for the Soviet fleet of computers, and their large-scale production was organized.

The "Minsk" family of computers Minsk 1, 2, 3 etc. are Soviet mainframe computers of the 60-ies, which compared very well with their Western analogs. At the end of 1960s, Soviets started manufacturing of the IBM-compatible computers in Minsk, and later Brest, Belarus. These computers were known as EC-1020, EC-1022, EC-1035, EC-1036, EC-1130. The EC-1060, EC-1061 and EC-1066 computers, developed in Moscow, were also manufactured in Belarus. The EC-1840,1841, 1842, 1863 - analogs of IBM PC - were developed in Belarus in the 80-ies. In 1988, Belarus produced its first Laptop.

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