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M series (computer)

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M-20 [ru], M-220 [ru] and M222 were a range of general-purpose computers designed and manufactured in the USSR. These computers were developed by the Scientific Research Institute of Electronic Machines and built at Moscow Plant of Calculating and Analyzing Machines [ru] (SAM) and the Kazan Plant of Computing Machines (under the Ministry of Radio Industry of the USSR).

Operating systems

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The operating system provided batch processing and simultaneous execution, subsequently enhanced to provide a multitasking mode.

  • OS4-220 – for the М-220
  • DM-222 – for the М-222

Available programming languages

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  • FORTRAN – an optimized ALPHA translator – by A.P. Ershov
  • ALGOL 60 – compiler
  • ALGOL 68 – compiler, written in ALGOL 60

Further reading

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  • L.N. Korolyov. The computer structures and their software base. Moscow, Nauka, 1974.
  • Electronic digital computation machines for general purposes. Vol. 4. NII EIR Publication, 1972.
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