The PC's Soviet?

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Wed Apr 15 12:32:52 1998

> OK... I was talking to a Ukranian programmer, who told me
> that in 1968 the
> PC was invented, not far from where he worked in Ukrane.
> Now, that's 4
> years before the microprocessor, but is it possible?

Yes it is possible, if you play with the meaning of "PC". If you define
it to mean a small computer used by a single person, then a low end mini
computer becomes a PC. In which case we have to go all the way back to
machines like the Bendix G-15 (late 50s ?). The USSR did not have
microprocessors before the US. That's easy to prove, because soviet
micros all used US designed instruction sets. How could they produce an
8080 compatible IC before it was released by Intel?
        Jack Peacock
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 12:32:52 BST