29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
4:26 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I would be overjoyed to see an Elektronika PDP-11 clone or some such,
but unless you are Hans and have access to boot sales in the former
East Germany, those items just don't appear that often.
-ethan
I have a pretty much complete Elektronica-85, which is a clone of the DEC
Pro 350. I think the PSU may be bad, but I haven't had really anytime to
play with it! I was in contact with someone overseas (Ukraine) who had
some schematics for the 85, but I've since lost contact.
Side by side with a 350 it's a pretty remarkable copy!. It has two RX33 type
H/H floppies, and a Soviet made 10 or 20MB Winchester Disk, aka RD50.
Instead of the DEC beige, it has a sort of a silver color I like to
refer as
sputnik Grey.
The workmanship is OK but the materials are far below western standards,
the plastic housing is several mm thinner than the American version,
causing the machine to actually bend/flex a bit when picking it up or
moving it!!
Cheers
Tom