15 Apr
1998
15 Apr
'98
11:26 p.m.
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
-Matt Pritchard
Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist
MS Age of Empires & Age of Empires ][
-----Original Message-----
From: Hotze [SMTP:photze@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