The PC's Soviet?

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Thu Apr 16 16:24:32 1998

On 15 Apr 98 at 22:26, Joe wrote:

> At 05:12 PM 4/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >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)
>
> I remember that article. The entire motherboard was pirated! Not just
> the ROM. The tops of the ICs had been ground off to hide the fact that they
> were US made parts.
>
> Joe
>
 Were those Honduran OR Malaysian US made parts ? I suppose they could have
been the better quality Japanese US made parts. ; ^ ))

 ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Thu Apr 16 1998 - 16:24:32 BST