The PC's Soviet?

From: Matt Pritchard <MPritchard_at_EnsembleStudios.com>
Date: Wed Apr 15 17:12:26 1998

I seem to recall reading somewhere (BYTE ~1985 ?) that Soviet made CPUs
(6502 clones?) were so poorly maid that they individually came with a
list of which instuctions worked and which didn't. Also seem to recall
an article on the soviet Apple ][ clone of the time (CPU on a large
daughterboard, pirated ROM, cost approx US $20,000)

-Matt Pritchard
Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist
MS Age of Empires & Age of Empires ][

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hotze [SMTP:photze_at_batelco.com.bh]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 12:15 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: The PC's Soviet?
>
> 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?
> And this guy might be dilusional, he's VERY communist, but then
> again,
> at base, so am I, but with a democratic twist. Anyway, what's the
> story
> behind this?
> Thanks,
>
> Tim D. Hotze
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 17:12:26 BST

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