UT-88
{{Short description|1989 Russian home computer}}
File:Домашний компьютер ЮТ-88 собранный по схемам из журнала Юный Техник.jpg
The UT-88 ({{langx|ru|ЮТ-88}}) is a DIY educational computer designed in the Soviet Union. Its description was published in YT dlya umelykh ruk (Young technical designer for skilled hands, {{langx|ru|ЮТ для умелых рук}}) — a supplement to Yunij Technik (Young technical designer, {{langx|ru|Юный техник}}) magazine in 1989. It was intended for building by school children of extracurricular hobby groups at Pioneers Palaces.
Description
At the time of publication, there were several DIY computers: Micro-80, Radio-86RK, and Specialist. The main feature of UT-88 was the possibility to build a computer in stages while getting a workable construction at each step. This approach made it easier to build by less skilled hobbyists.
The minimal configuration of the computer includes a power supply, CPU, 1 KiB of ROM and 1 KiB of RAM, 6 seven-segment displays, a 17-key keyboard, and a tape interface.{{cite magazine
| title = Первый шаг - микроЭВМ минимальной конфигурации
| trans-title = The first step - microcomputer of the minimal configuration
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 2
| year = 1989
| page = 2
| issn = 0131-1433
}} This computer can be used as a scientific calculator.{{cite magazine
| title = "ЮТ-88" в роли калькулятора
| trans-title = "UT-88" as a calculator
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 3
| year = 1989
| page = 10
| issn = 0131-1433
}}
Full configuration adds a display module{{cite magazine
| last = Бартенев
| first = В. Г.
| title = От индикаторов к экрану. Дисплейный модуль "ЮТ-88"
| trans-title = From the indicators to the screen. Display module of "UT-88"
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 4
| year = 1989
| page = 8
| issn = 0131-1433
| title = От индикаторов к экрану. Дисплейный модуль "ЮТ-88"
| trans-title = From the indicators to the screen. Display module of "UT-88"
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 5
| year = 1989
| page = 10
| issn = 0131-1433
| last = Бартенев
| first = В. Г.
| title = От индикаторов к экрану. Дисплейный модуль "ЮТ-88"
| trans-title = From the indicators to the screen. Display module of "UT-88"
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 6
| year = 1989
| page = 8
| issn = 0131-1433
| last = Бартенев
| first = В. Г.
| title = От индикаторов к экрану
| trans-title = From the indicators to the screen
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 8
| year = 1989
| page = 10
| issn = 0131-1433
| last = Бартенев
| first = В. Г.
| title = От индикаторов к экрану. Дисплейный модуль "ЮТ-88"
| trans-title = From the indicators to the screen. Display module of "UT-88"
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 9
| year = 1989
| page = 12
| issn = 0131-1433
}} with a TV interface, a full keyboard, and a 64 KiB dynamic RAM module.{{cite magazine
| last = Бартенев
| first = А.
| title = Модуль дополнительного ОЗУ
| trans-title = Additional RAM module
| language = Russian
| magazine = ЮТ для умелых рук
| issue = 11
| year = 1989
| page = 12
| issn = 0131-1433
}}
References
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{{List of Soviet computer systems}}
Category:Soviet computer systems
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