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The Elka 22 was the second Bulgarian electronic calculator; it was released in 1966 and its serial production began in 1967 in the town of Silistra. Weighing 8.5 kilograms (18.7 pounds), the Elka 22 has 3 registers and operates with 12 decimal digits. Addition speed is 0.3 seconds per operation, and division speed is 0.5 seconds. Its power consumption is 35 watts.[1] This calculator has a plastic case, a nixie tube display and its technology is based on numerous phenol boards populated with hundreds of discrete transistors, diodes and resistors, not unlike other calculator models developed around the mid-1960s. The machine used a magnetic-core memory.
References
[edit]- ^ Frolov, Sergei (1999-12-19). "ELKA-22 Bulgarian Calculator". Soviet Digital Electronics Museum. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2014-08-17., pictures at the website
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