Soviet Sinclairs & Eastern Bloc Micros – The Home Computer Revolution in the USSR
6,103● Support RMC on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RMCRetro
● Treat me to a Coffee with Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rmcretro
● MonsterJoysticks: https://monsterjoysticks.com/RMC
● 1ClickPrint: https://www.1clickprint.com#RMC
● Support RMC on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RMCRetro
● Treat me to a Coffee with Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rmcretro
● MonsterJoysticks: https://monsterjoysticks.com/RMC
● 1ClickPrint: https://www.1clickprint.com#RMC
Support The Cave
● Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RMCRetro
● Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheRMC
● 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/tCfTSuWvA0Y
Mortal Kombat - https://youtu.be/tCfTSuWvA0Y
Black Raven - https://youtu.be/WLArn1h8BsQ
ZXSpectrumGames4: https://www.youtube.com/user/zxspectr...
UFO Enemy Unknown - https://youtu.be/TFsdY6pRQdc
RZX Archive: https://www.youtube.com/user/rzxarchive
Dizzy Return to Russia - https://youtu.be/Euzt8szvo8k
● 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/en/nauka-i-obshchestvo/306/sovetskaya-vychislitelnaya-tehnika-istoriya-vzleta-i-zabveniya-3565
Pentagon (modern revision) - http://pentagon.nedopc.com/info.htm
Historic Review on the ES Computer Family: http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/es_comp_family_2.php
Scorpian 256 example: http://hermitlair.ucoz.com/publ/14-1-0-85
Examples of ZX Spectrum Clones: http://www.nightfallcrew.com/11/06/2016/yaguana-russian-sinclair-zx-spectrum-clone/
Pentagon 128 example: http://www.interface1.net/zx/clones/pentagon128.html
A look inside the secret world of Soviet PC’s: https://www.eteknix.com/look-secret-world-soviet-pcs/