I've found some stuff; Here is some history: http://www.computer-museum.ru/books/vt_face/9_staros_1.htm And here is a general summary of the machine: http://www.computer-museum.ru/books/vt_face/prilogenie_16.htm So far nothing about the price or memory cycle times, but the latter above contains timings for the I/O system. Very rough translation of the interesting points: It as developed between 1958 and 1962 and subsequently produced in 1963 at the "Leningrad Electromechanical Plant". Used 8000 discrete transistors, consumed about 200 Watts of power. Used a 15bit data width (14+1 sign) and 20bit instructions. Performance was about 5000 additions or 1000 multiplications or divisions per second. Memory was 256 Words. Could be expanded in Blocks of 512 Words up to 4096 Words through an external cabinet. And had 32 instructions?! On 26/11/13 18:25, Steve Lafferty wrote: