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>Note that the Eastern Bloc countries had it better than USSR at that time Poland was absolutely not - notice that collapse of communist Poland is what pushed
by KptMarchewa 4y ago
>Note that the Eastern Bloc countries had it better than USSR at that time
Poland was absolutely not - notice that collapse of communist Poland is what pushed a lot of those "revolutions" over the edge.
Yet even Poland's "educational" computer Elwro 800 Junior [0] was created in 4500 units in 1986.
The first truly widespread "computing device" was Pegasus console - clone of NES. [1]
[0] https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwro_800_Junior https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwro_800_Junior
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(console)
- ols 4y agoI was a kid from a small town in '80s Poland (the poorest part of it). The local secondary school had a whole Elwro-equipped classroom. Many of my friends had 8-bit computers: the first one I encountered in 1986 was a ZX Spectrum, owned by my friend whose father worked in UK. I recall visiting classmates between 1986-89 and playing for hours on their Spectrums, C64s and Ataris (800XL, 65XE). The local community centre had Atari 520ST (or maybe two?) and it was available for the local kids to play with. I estimate that in '89 my town of 5k had at least 20 computers. Pegasus arrived in 1991 but many of the 8-bit owners already upgraded to Amigas, which were really common in my area.