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Originally Posted by Administrator on Thu Aug 26 2021 20:34:53 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Updated and edited when re-posted. Updated Dice Roll Program for the Elektronika MK-52. In this version, the new seed is generated from the results of both pseudo random number generators, and not just th...

Originally Posted by Administrator on Sat Aug 21 2021 21:08:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) I recently pulled my MK-52 out of it's storage box, and reinserted the separately stored batteries. Doing so made me realize that I had never shared my "Dice Roll" program -- so without further ...

Originally Posted by Administrator on Thu Feb 06 2020 21:17:21 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Elektronika MK-52 Vintage Soviet/Russian Calculator General Notes and hints: It's a good idea to get in the habit of moving the "C  3   CЧ" switch back to "CЧ" ("Read") after...

Originally Posted by Administrator on Thu Feb 06 2020 21:03:43 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) In the last post I provided a simply way to enter values into the Elektronika MK-52 Calculator that look like English (or Russian) text. What if we want to save these values (or any value in a register) t...

Originally Posted by Administrator on Thu Feb 06 2020 20:58:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) The Elektronika MK-52 has limited support for Hexadecimal characters, although with a strange character representation for hex values >9.  It's similar to what happens when you send a value >9 to a 7447 B...

Originally Posted by Administrator on Thu Feb 06 2020 20:55:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) In this thread, I will post some tips, tricks and code for the Elektronika MK-52 Vintage Soviet/Russian Calculator. Elektronika MK-52.jpg Rendering of Elektronika MK 53 If you are reading this, you probab...

UPDATES: 1. I have ordered Vintage NOS Bakelite Tube Sockets from a US seller via eBay. 2. So far at least 1 of the 6N8S tubes is bad -- One side heater is failed, and there is audible debris loose inside that side of the tube. While this is a disappointment, it is not an issue for this build since...

First Actual Pictures of the Components of this Amplifier: I received a package today: DSC_0030_sm.JPG This package has taken a long an dangerous journey. It traveled from Kazakhstan, through a significant portion of the southwest quarter of Russia. It then was passed to Serbia as an intermediate, ...

Cross-post from my thread on AudioKarma.com of the same title (and a more recent update that is only posted here for now.) "A Non-Update on this topic (notice that I am not calling it a project -- yet). I can't build a tube amp if I can't get parts. The AliExpress vendor cancelled my order for ...

You Wanna Make Something of It?! -- As a Matter of Fact, I do: New Chinese TFT Lossless Audio Decoding Module [Part 4] While a Poor Man's GO DJ Version 2 is not being planned at this time, I am impressed overall with these modules, and wanted to build one as a stand alone player for my own use. Thi...