jay
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Post by jay on Mar 21, 2007 12:00:59 GMT -5
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Post by Golan Klinger on Mar 21, 2007 13:16:00 GMT -5
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murple
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Post by murple on Mar 23, 2007 12:43:48 GMT -5
The Soviets had PDP-11 clones... in 1985?!? haha. Wow, talk about technology lag. If this thing was functional, and an accurate clone of PDP-11, you probably could get software for it. At least, plenty of software was made for the PDP-11, but I'm not sure how much of it is still in a retrievable form. The price was actually pretty low on that, I'm surprised it didn't sell. Im sure it was worth more than $300!
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Post by rrolison on Mar 23, 2007 15:57:09 GMT -5
Here's something I was bidding on... It got to steep for me...
Ebay Item #150094753742 Wow. A C128 that costs far more than a new PC...
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murple
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Post by murple on Mar 24, 2007 11:49:10 GMT -5
Wow. A C128 that costs far more than a new PC... Well, to be fair, it had a SuperCPU 128. Those SuperCPUs are "worth" lots of money, at least to some folks. Personally, I dont see the appeal. I mean, yeah, technically they're kinda cool, and its impressive that a 1980s 8-bit computer can be driven so far. If they sold for $50-100 I might even get one just to play with a few hours, go "neat" and then probably never use it again. For me the whole point of using my Commodores is to play the games I loved as a kid, and to re-experience the technology of the past. Well, the games I loved as a kid don't need a SuperCPU, and they aren't exactly 1980s Commodore tech. To me it seems like turning your C64/128 into some bizarre frankenputer... but I guess if you're into seeing how far you can push a device, or if you want to run or write some of the new software for the SuperCPU, then it may be worth the couple hundred bucks for one. This particular auction is stupid though... ebay syndrome bigtime.
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jay
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Post by jay on Mar 25, 2007 10:08:56 GMT -5
Well it was merely a cool item... I mean I can't even read Russian... and it looked like the character set was Russian. I would get it just for the fact that it was a down and dirty get it to work kinda machine... There are a lot of interesting items showing up on ebay.. There is only a few items that just don't make any sense to me.. Like the burnt out processors. Bits and Pisces of a Cray or Univac parts. At lease some of the museums were able to get some of these systems before they were robbed of gold and left out to be sold on ebay bits at a time.
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murple
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Post by murple on Mar 25, 2007 12:52:52 GMT -5
The world of Soviet computers is pretty interesting. Many of them are clones of Western machines, I've heard of ones which were essentially Apple II systems, Sinclairs, and some other 1980s systems. I dont think they made any Commodore clones, but they may have had some actual Commodores since in "On The Edge" there are several mentions of Commodore doing business in the Eastern Bloc. The MSX standard from Japan was also apparently popular in the USSR. Occasionally you see Soviet computers on ebay at reasonable prices. They usually are expensive as h*** though because high end consumer electronics wasnt exactly Communism's strong suit so not many are around. The prices on ebay are made worse because you're not just competing with collectors of vintage computers, but the whole Soviet collector scene as well (which I'm occasionally guilty of too haha). This PDP clone was a pretty good price and wouldve been a neat machine to have. If youre interested in the commieputers, check out this site: www.homecomputer.de/pages/easteurope_ussr.htmlAnd of course: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_computer_systemsI havent found any I wanted to buy yet, as I'd want one that works and is something I could maybe find software for (so, say, and MSX or Apple II knockoff, or even something like this PDP clone). And I dont want one bad enough to spend hundreds or thousands on one. I'd probably do up to $150 if I had excess cash lying around. Anyone looking on ebay will need to try several searches with "computer" including "russian" "soviet" "ussr" and occasionally various SSRs like "ukrainian" etc. Often you'll see something listed as a "Russian computer" even if it was actually manufactured in the Ukrainian or Byelorussian SSR, and no mention of the Soviet Union will be given. You just have to go by when it was made.
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