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DEC's first VAX microprocessor was cloned¹. On the successor CVAX² die, DEC included Russian text³ saying (supposedly) “When you care enough to steal the best”.
by kps 4y ago
DEC's first VAX microprocessor was cloned¹. On the successor CVAX² die, DEC included Russian text³ saying (supposedly) “When you care enough to steal the best”.
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX_78032#Other_vendors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX_78032#Other_vendors
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVAX
³ https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmYaT.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmYaT.jpg
- tetromino_ 4y agoFYI, that text is completely incomprehensible in Russian. It looks like the chip designer translated an English phrase word-for-word using a dictionary, didn't conjugate verbs or decline adjectives, added some gratuitous misspellings, and ended up with Engrish type nonsense.