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1. Agat - original MC6502 (they couldn't produce reliable copy). 2. Korvet - КР580ВМ80А (КR580VM80А) clone of Intel 8080A. 3. Lvov - same 8080A clone. 4. Mik

1. Agat - original MC6502 (they couldn't produce reliable copy). 2. Korvet - КР580ВМ80А (КR580VM80А) clone of Intel 8080A. 3. Lvov - same 8080A clone. 4. Mikrosha - same 8080A clone. 5. BK - К1801ВМ1 (K1801VM1) designed in USSR based on DEC T-11 and LSI-11. 6. Robotron 1715 - U880, clone of Zilog Z80. 7. Iskra 1030 - КР1810ВМ86 (KR1810VM86), clone of Intel 8086. 8. Radio-86RK - 8080A clone. 9. Krista - 8080A clone. 10. Apogei - 8080A clone. 11. Okean - 8080A clone. Bear in mind that even a lot of them were based on the same 8080 clone and used various versions of CP/M, they were binary incompatible.

patrickg_zill 10y ago
1. Agate (like a jewel) 2. Corvette (probably a reference to the type of ship) 3. Lvov = present day Lviv, also known as Lemberg 4. Micro, like microcomputer 5. see other comment in this thread about BK 6. "Robotron" -pretty obvious. Note that robot comes from a porting to English of the Russian verb "to work" 7. "Spark" - Iskra was also used as a name for a line of film cameras 8. "Radio" 9. not sure - is it a girl's name? 10. "Apogee" 11 "Ocean"
- PerfectDlite 10y ago
  > Note that robot comes from a porting to English of the Russian verb "to work" Which is definitely not true. 'Robot' was first used by Czech writer Karel Čapek and was invented by his brother, based on old-Czech 'robota' which translates as 'corvee'.
  - patrickg_zill 10y ago
    It is partially true, in that both Russian and Czech come from Old Church Slavonic, where it does come from the verb for "work". All three of the languages use the same root. I was mistaken in thinking that Russian was the origin of the word - I am not familiar with all the languages that descend from OCS. You are correct that it comes not via Russian but via Czech: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=robot http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=robot

patrickg_zill 10y ago

1. Agate (like a jewel) 2. Corvette (probably a reference to the type of ship) 3. Lvov = present day Lviv, also known as Lemberg 4. Micro, like microcomputer 5. see other comment in this thread about BK 6. "Robotron" -pretty obvious. Note that robot comes from a porting to English of the Russian verb "to work" 7. "Spark" - Iskra was also used as a name for a line of film cameras 8. "Radio" 9. not sure - is it a girl's name? 10. "Apogee" 11 "Ocean"

PerfectDlite 10y ago
> Note that robot comes from a porting to English of the Russian verb "to work" Which is definitely not true. 'Robot' was first used by Czech writer Karel Čapek and was invented by his brother, based on old-Czech 'robota' which translates as 'corvee'.
- patrickg_zill 10y ago
  It is partially true, in that both Russian and Czech come from Old Church Slavonic, where it does come from the verb for "work". All three of the languages use the same root. I was mistaken in thinking that Russian was the origin of the word - I am not familiar with all the languages that descend from OCS. You are correct that it comes not via Russian but via Czech: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=robot http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=robot