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Article #5156Re: ST in USSR
From: Mike Nowicki
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 18:14
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 18:14
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In article <767@carroll1.UUCP> dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'C is cool, but what about LOGO?' Newton) writes:
>In article <595@nadia.UUCP> peterii@nadia.UUCP (Peter Bechtold) writes:
>>I can't imagine that the USSR would by ANY computers for their schools within
>>the next 5 or 10 years.
>
> The Russians have been using Apple ][+ clones in their schools for some
>time now, and are starting to use PC clones.
>
A few months ago on '60 Minutes' they had a short piece on computer
hobbyists in the Soviet Union. One scene showed a fellow drinking a Russian
logo Pepsi while hacking away on a 1040ST.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!imagen!atari!mn From: mn@atari.UUCP (Mike Nowicki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ST in USSR Keywords: USSR Message-ID: <1736@atari.UUCP> Date: 23 Oct 89 18:14:42 GMT References: <758@utacs.UTA.FI> <595@nadia.UUCP> <767@carroll1.UUCP> Reply-To: mn@atari.UUCP (Mike Nowicki) Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 17