The PC's Soviet?

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Wed Apr 15 12:35:06 1998

>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
Yes, but it would have to fit in a space that people can have.. say... at
home.
>machines like the Bendix G-15 (late 50s ?). The USSR did not have
>microprocessors before the US.
And the US was not developing an atomic bomb during WWII.
>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?
A better question: How could Intel make a 8080 compatible machine before it
was produced by the Soviets? ;-)
    Honestly, I think that Soviet computers are, on the whole, a sad story.
Such innovation, but it ended up in vain efforts just cloning IBM mainframes
and the like. Sound like a company you know? (Minus the vain).
    Tim D. Hotze
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 12:35:06 BST