> See the following URL (a Portuguese-speaking friend will help) for an
> amazing list of micros made in Brazil, almost all of them clones of major
> USA and UK models. For example, the ZX-81 clone is called "RITAS DO BRASIL
> RINGO R470". Just across the border from Peru? Well maybe, but Rio is a long
> way from Lima!
>
> http://www2.cybercities.com/~brcomp/micros.html
_great_ link !!
The South American systems feel a bit like Eastern Europe.
A lot of cloning and redesign of Western systems to
support the local market with computers ... But while
in the east the trade regulations (and missing valuta)
have been the main force behind cloning (and using local
suplies - whitch results in a 100% dominance of 8080/Z80
systems while it looks like they did use imported CPUs
in SA), what have been the reasons for South America ?
Local trade barriers ? High import taxes ?
Gruss
H.
P.S.: Sallam, the POLYMAX MAXXI is your choice ... (and try to get two :)
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Received on Thu Jun 24 1999 - 10:23:21 BST