The PC's Soviet? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Apr 1998

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 Yes it is possible, if you play with the meaning of
"PC".  If you define
it to mean a small computer used by a single person, then a low end mini
computer becomes a PC.  In which case we have to go all the way back to Yes, but it
would have to fit in a space that people can have.. say... at
home.
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 machines like the Bendix G-15 (late 50s ?).  The USSR
did not have
microprocessors before the US. And the US was not developing an atomic bomb during
WWII.
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 That's easy to prove, because soviet
micros all used US designed instruction sets.  How could they produce an
8080 compatible IC before it was released by Intel? A better question: How could
Intel make a 8080 compatible machine before it
was produced by the Soviets? ;-)
    Honestly, I think that Soviet computers are, on the whole, a sad story.
Such innovation, but it ended up in vain efforts just cloning IBM mainframes
and the like. Sound like a company you know?  (Minus the vain).
    Tim D. Hotze