Poisk (computer)

Poisk (Russian: Поиск, "The Search") is an IBM-compatible computer built by KPO Electronmash (НПО «Электронмаш») in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR during the Soviet era.[1][2] It is based on the K1810VM88 microprocessor, a clone of the Intel 8088.[3] Developed since 1987 and released in 1989, it was the most common IBM-compatible computer in the Soviet Union.[4]

Poisk
Poisk
ManufacturerKPO Electronmash
Release date1989 (1989)
CPUK1810VM88 microprocessor, a clone of the Intel 8088
Memory128 KB
Display320x200; 640x200; 4 or 2 colors
GraphicsCGA

The basic version did not include an expansion module for parallel or serial ports for connecting a printer, mouse or other devices.[4] The computer had 128 KB of RAM, and displayed CGA graphics.[3]

It was not fully IBM compatible, and its performance lagged behind the IBM XT.[4] Poisk entered mass production in 1991, just before the Soviet collapse, and production output in the early 1990s reached several tens of thousands units a year.[4]

  • Packaging and labeling
    Packaging and labeling
  • Motherboard
    Motherboard

References
  1. "ARTIFACT DETAILS POISK 8088 computer". Computer History Museum.
  2. "POISK-PC computers". poisk-pc.narod.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. "Poisk". Oldcomputermuseum.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. "Советские домашние компьютеры 1980-х. Часть III". Computer-museum.ru. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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