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I was a Czechoslovak kid, I was 8 years old in 1986. Western electronics was expensive and rare. Industrial computers (mainframes) existed, but only specialist
by inglor_cz 4y ago
I was a Czechoslovak kid, I was 8 years old in 1986.
Western electronics was expensive and rare. Industrial computers (mainframes) existed, but only specialists would come into contact with them.
Local industry tried to produce some clones of Western Sinclairs, Amigas etc., like Didaktik Gama [0]. But 1986 was too early to actually meet those "in the wild" among non-elite people. My first classmate had a Didaktik in 1988. We were all curious about it.
There also were computer fan clubs, where curious young guys would meet around those few computers that they could get access to.
[0] https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didaktik_Gama https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didaktik_Gama
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