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> I'd wager a guess that most of the countries in the Eastern Block did have their own computers. There's this beauty from Sweden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by 59nadir 11y ago
> I'd wager a guess that most of the countries in the Eastern Block did have their own computers.
There's this beauty from Sweden:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC80
I'm guessing a lot of countries overall had their own computers, not just eastern block. We don't usually hear much about them because we base our computer history mostly on the canon of the US.
I was surprised to read in "The Architecture of Open Source Applications" that my former university's computer science department made a very prominent sendmail version back in the day (IDA sendmail) and that this was noteworthy in that context.
This field has been international for a very long time.
- interfixus 11y agoYou are aware that Sweden was not a member of the "Eastern Block"?
- 59nadir 11y agoThat was exactly my point. Most likely every country (overall) had their own computer. It wasn't an "Eastern block thing". The degree of separation was obviously higher, but not all "western" manufacturers were American. (Also: danskjävel...)
- interfixus 11y agoI get it now. The context was ambiguous, though, so I don't quite get the downvote. Yes, we danskjävels made som as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnecentralen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnecentralen
- 59nadir 11y ago> I get it now. The context was ambiguous, though, so I don't quite get the downvote. I can't even downvote, so it wasn't me. I edited my original post to be less ambiguous. Sorry. > Yes, we danskjävels made som as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnecentralen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnecentralen There's something really beautiful about that setup. I like the splash of color in select areas and the keyboard looks amazing.
- twic 11y agoAcorn Electron, BBC Micro, Archimedes ...