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I remember reading that some version of the MicroVAX CPU had etched into it, in broken Russian, something approximating "VAX: When you care enough to steal the
by 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
I remember reading that some version of the MicroVAX CPU had etched into it, in broken Russian, something approximating "VAX: When you care enough to steal the very best". I'm not sure how many Soviet engineers would have been familiar with the Hallmark commercials to get the joke, though.
- genman 3y agoI think they would have gotten the point without it, given that they were into stealing its design - of course the subtle point might have been not familiar for them.
- IndrekR 3y agoYes, on CVAX: https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html
- thriftwy 3y agoThe broken Russian reads more like an advertisement to buy the real thing. Until you have supplied that quote I had no idea, even though I saw this picture.
- avodonosov 3y agoHm, indeed, can be interpreted this way, if you imagine commas at right places. If you care, enough to steal, the real best. (The word "настоящий" used as the translation of "very" means "real". For the rest we can leave the original english words and with commas even have some similar broken language effect)
- khzw8yyy 3y agoThe Russian is too broken to be comprehensible, so the burn doesn't work as well as it could. The equivalent broken English would be something like: "SVAX: when you whaaant enough steal genuine best". Yes, it's just as difficult to parse the Russian.
- mepian 3y agoDEC celebrated this in their "VMS at 20" anniversary book in 1997: https://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/VMSat20Book.pdf https://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/VMSat20Book.pdf