@borrof @mur2501 The fact that the Soviets sold a PDP-11 compatible home computer never stops being cool to me, regardless of how limited it might have been in practice

@allison @mur2501 it costed 6 average salaries and since of socialism economic system there are were lack of any staff

@allison @mur2501 both staff and stuff I guess, so it's not a mistake :0

@borrof @mur2501 Yeah, hence "limited". You also couldn't run standard DEC operating systems on it. But it was still widespread enough alongside the various Spectrum clones that it's pretty much the most iconic computer in the former Comecon.

@allison @mur2501 spectrums appeared in 90s, after the collapse. I remember my dad told me he had one

@borrof @mur2501 Mm. Certainly when they would have become widely affordable in any case.

@allison @mur2501 also there is "soviet iPad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCqqEvCp0I

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Also in terms of resources regarding science, research, technology, etc Russian is the second most prominent language after English