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Soviet Sinclairs & Eastern Bloc Micros – The Home Computer Revolution in the USSR

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21st March 2018 21 min

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● Description

The Soviet Union, it's neighbours and friends, and Communist Russia has a fascinating computer history which is largely unreported in the West. I'd like to explore a facet of that history today in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum clones and the impact they had.

● Links

Home Computer Museum - HomeComputer.de

Crash Nicker: https://youtu.be

Mortal Kombat - https://youtu.be

Black Raven - https://youtu.be

ZXSpectrumGames4: https://www.youtube.com...

UFO Enemy Unknown - https://youtu.be

RZX Archive: https://www.youtube.com

Dizzy Return to Russia - https://youtu.be

● Music

(Intro)

Reception (edited by RMC) - William Rosati

Winston Churchills Iron Curtain Speech

Khrushchev Speech on Colonialism

Ronald Reagan "Tear down this Wall"

MouthBreather - Geoff Driver

Lloyd Dobler - Geoff Driver

Monster Squad - Geoff Driver

From Russia With Love - Huma-Huma

Some Other Place - South London HiFi

Connection - Wayne Jones

RMC 8Bit in the USSR - Geoff Driver

Steering Wheel - LANDR

Weirder Stuff - Geoff Driver

● Additional Reading

Soviet Computer Technology: The History of the rise and Oblivion: http://csef.ru

Pentagon (modern revision) - http://pentagon.nedopc.com

Historic Review on the ES Computer Family: http://www.computer-museum.ru

Scorpian 256 example: http://hermitlair.ucoz.com

Examples of ZX Spectrum Clones: http://www.nightfallcrew.com

Pentagon 128 example: http://www.interface1.net

A look inside the secret world of Soviet PC’s: https://www.eteknix.com

  • russia
  • zx spectrum
  • sinclair
  • clone
  • ula
  • z80
  • history
  • ussr
  • pentagon
  • scorpian
  • technology

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