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Elektronika MK-95S
Secret Military Versions?
'Book "Podgotovka razvedchika" - Training of the Scout - (ISBN 985-433-190-3, published in Minsk,
Belarus by "Harvest" publisher in 1998) describes on page 513 a portable
encryption device "Azimuth", that is available in two versions,
"Elektronika MK-85s" and "MK-95s" ("s" probably stands for "secret"). The
latter is claimed to have the capability of "connection to any
communication lines". I doubt more information will ever be available...'
- Sergey Svischev
Elektronika MK-95. Click image for larger view. |
Close-up of the screen |
The backplate. Serial #0005 |
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'I read in one paper, that on using the MK-85 as a base, the creation of
special devices is possible. But, I think that idea of making cryptographic
devices is unlikely. This calculator does not have peripheral units, the
loading operation through the keyboard is extremely hampered. When I used the MK-85, I had problems with an oxydation of contacts, as a result of which the information was cleared from memory.
I have not previously heard of the calculator MK-95. The "C" character, most likely meant "Special"'
- Sergei Frolov.
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