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Article #5156

Re: ST in USSR

#5156
From: Mike Nowicki
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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|  Michael Nowicki   N6LUU      Atari Corp,Sunnyvale CA      {ames!atari!mn} |
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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>
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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