digital resistance, east european demo art
DESCRIPTION
The Alternative Party presents a showcase of old computer hardware (and new software for them) from the Soviet Union and East European countries, showing a rare glimpse of the unique computing culture that is very different from the corporate-driven, western hardware offerings. A show of unique styles of digital art, influenced by demo art and local computer hobbyist cliques, with a distinct Eastern flavour.TRANSCRIPT
Digital resistance: the non-compromising attitude of
East European demo art
Jari JaantoVisa-Valtteri Pimiä
ALTERNATIVE PARTY
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Alternative Party• “Alternative Party is a festival of digital culture and a demoparty
which gathers together creative people of all kinds: visualists, musicians, designers, programmers, researchers, passionate enthusiasts and people like you and me.”
• “One aim of Alternative Party is to bring demos and digital culture to the masses and bring masses to demos and digital culture. We also like to see tolerance and equality - and we like to see forerunners and pioneers as part of the community today.”
DIGITAL CULTURE
ChangeChange
WORLD
AltParty importspeople into digital culture from the world.
AltParty exports change from digital culture to the world!
советских компьютерных систем
M-1
• электронно-вычислительная машина
• The first computer made in the Soviet Union
• Developed during 1950-1951• In operation from 1952• One of the first computers that
stored programs in memory• Memory: 512 of 25bit words
(24 bits for value, 1 bit for sign)• Speed: 20 instructions per second• Power consumption 8kW
Сетунь• The only Trinary computer
ever produced• Trits: -, 0, +• For scientific research• 50 produced during
1959-1965• Speed: 200kHz or 4500op/s• Second model: Сетунь-70
produced in 1970
Аргон-16• Used in: Союз, Прогресс, МИР, Салют• 1974-2010• Triple computer• Addition: 5 ms, multiplication: 45 ms• RAM: 3x 2KB, ROM: 3x 16KB• Data rate: up to 80,000 Kbps
Микро-80• Processor: K580IK80A or KR580VM80A (i8080 clone)• Memory: 64KB RAM, 2KB ROM• Keyboard: 61 keys• Output Device: Television with 64x32 textmode• External storage: cassette recorder (1500 bps)
• Schematics published in magazine “Радио” 1983• 200 parts, which were really hard to find• Parts sold in black market• Only couple actually made by hobbyists
Электроника БК• 1985• “Official” Home computer
in mass production• CPU: K1801VM1 (PDP-11 based)
- 3MHz (BK-0010), - 4.6MHz (BK-0011), - 4MHz (BK-0011M)
• Memory: 32KB• 512x256 1 color,
256x256 4 colors
Электроника БК
Электроника БК
Радио 86РК• 1986 from the magazine “Радио”• 29 components • CPU: K580IK80 or KR580VM80 (i8080 clone)• RAM: 16-32KB, ROM: 2 KB• Video: 64x25 textmode
• Lot’s of variants and pheripicals built.• Also an graphic adapter exists
Радио 86РК
УКНЦ• 1987 for educational purposes• CPU: 2 × KM1801VM2 @8Mhz
(PDP-11 based)• RAM: 192KB, ROM: 32KB• 640×288 8 colors
УКНЦ
Вектор-06Ц• 1987• KR580VM80A @3 MHz (i8080 clone)• RAM: 64KB• 256x256 / 16 colors
512x256 / 4 colors256x256 & 512x256 / 1 color
• 256 color palette• Sound: KR580VI53, Soviet clone
of Intel 8253 timer.
Вектор-06Ц
Вектор-06Ц
Клоны ZX Spectrum• Spectrum machines were bought from the west and contrabanded to east• By 1984 schematics were available but not the parts• First clone was built on 1985 • No such thing as “copyright” existed • New features and peripherals were made • Spectrum clones were the dominant platform of almost all east european
countries
• Still being produced in russia
Клоны ZX Spectrum
DDR: Robotron
Jugoslavia: Galaksija
Пентагон• Most widespread spectrum clone
• CPU: КР1858ВМ1/3, Т34ВМ1, Z80A, B, H @ 3.5 MHz• Memory: 48KB – 1MB
• Пентагон-48K (1989) – Without Beta 128 Disk Interface • Пентагон-128K (1991) - Without AY-3-8910• Пентагон-128K 2+ (1991) - With AY-3-8910 at obscure speed of 3.5 MHz• Пентагон-128K 3 + (1993)• Pentagon-1024SL v1.x (2005)• Pentagon-1024SL v2.x (2006) - 7Mhz• Pentagon ver.2.666 (2009) - an experimental model with a Z80-compatible
core T80 (at a frequency of 28 MHz)
Пентагон
Demoscene• First demos in Poland & Czechoslovakia • People did not know anything about the western world’s demoscene and
did their own hacks• Spectrum clones as the main platform • Amiga demos were spread by VHS tapes • First Russian demoparty in 1995 with 200 participants
Demoshow
• A selection of Spectrum demos for Pentagon compatible computers
• COME TO SEE THEM LIVE @ ALTERNATIVE PARTY 2011: 21.-23.10. @ CABLE FACTORY HELSINKI
Links• http://www.altparty.org/pubwiki/Soviet_tech_links• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_computer_systems• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronika_BK• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_(computer)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKNC• ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector-06C• http://15kop.ru/ - museum of Soviet coin-op arcade games (both digital and
analog)• http://www.computer-museum.ru/index.php - also includes information on
space and military computers• http://www.taswegian.com/MOSCOW/soviet.html - museum of Soviet
calculators• http://www.mustekala.info/node/921 - brief history of Russian speccy
demoscene by elfh/inward
Thanks!
Jari Jaantohttp://jaan.to/
Visa-Valtteri Pimiähttp://www.low.fi/~visy
www.altparty.orgGreetings to viznut^PwP & Britelite^DKD