Elektronika BK - Soviet PDP-11 compatible - Re: DOOM

On 13 January 2013 17:21, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote: That's the bunny. Interesting-sounding machine. I like the idea of an expensive, powerful 1970s minicomputer being shrunk down and metamorphosing into an inexpensive, somewhat-low-powered home micro. It reminds me a little of what I still thought was the creative genius of the original Amstrad PCW range. Just as PC-compatible x86 machines and DOS took over the world, Amstrad created a last, high-spec, highly-integrated, cheap powerful CP/M box: a single unit with CPU, big RAM disk, floppy drive, screen & printer, all in one box, immediately usable straight out of the packaging. I used to wonder why they or someone didn't do the same with a 386 and DOS as Windows rose into the ascendant. When a decent Windows machine with a 486 was still ?1000+, you could have assembled a kick-ass 386-powered DOS box for a quarter of that price. Too similar, I guess. No USP. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884