How Programmable Calculators and a Sci-Fi Story Brought Soviet Teens Into the Digital

[Thomas Okken]

Quote:But the most ambitious computer literacy program ever conceived is one you’ve probably never heard of, and it originated in a very unlikely place: the Soviet Union.

Unlikely? It doesn't sound surprising to me, I thought the Soviets were generally very big on education.

Intersting article, though, and now I am curious about that calculator. Is there any information about the B3-34 on the Internet that isn't in Russian?

UPDATE -- There is some information linked from the article, but not very complete. I'd be interested to see the programming model explained, and specs like number of program steps and registers etc.