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In the 80s, if you had a lot of money, you could import an actual PC. Or so I was told. There apparently also were ZX Spectrum clones that no one could afford.
by grishka 6y ago
In the 80s, if you had a lot of money, you could import an actual PC. Or so I was told.
There apparently also were ZX Spectrum clones that no one could afford. Also the Agat computer, a slightly incompatible Apple II clone that used a real imported 6502 because USSR wasn't able to produce its own one.
- flir 6y agoI wandered around the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow a couple of decades ago, thinking, at so many of the technology exhibits, "that looks reeeeeeaaally familiar".
- lb1lf 6y ago-As did I, chuckling at the 'built with foreign documentation' label affixed to many of the exhibits, in particular in the consumer electronics exhibition. Chuckle turned to laugh when I looked at the replica H-bomb in the lobby before leaving - first, a label stating 'Replica. Does not contain explosives.' Beneath this label? Another, stating 'built with foreign documentation.'
- grishka 6y agoI probably should visit this museum the next time I come to Moscow for whatever reason.