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At Atari (in the mid 80s) we had some relationships with dealers in Poland; they would occasionally visit us in Sunnyvale to do buys and say "hi". They loved o
by kabdib 12y ago
At Atari (in the mid 80s) we had some relationships with dealers in Poland; they would occasionally visit us in Sunnyvale to do buys and say "hi".
They loved our computers, but the Polish government wouldn't allow them to sell any of the printers we made . . .
- rasz_pl 12y agoProbably because we had Soviet bloc manufacturers of printers, Mera-Błonie in Poland, Robotron in East Germany, etc. Im guessing Polish delegates were representing Pewex, or Baltona. Those were the only two institutions allowed to openly sell goods imported from the west. You could buy anything you wanted, including cars :o, the catch was you had to pay in western currency or fake dollars called "Bon towarowy". Their only purpose was to extract foreign currency from black market.
- jacquesm 12y agoThe secondary goal was to give party members high up enough a way to get perks in terms of western goods.