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

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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:    • [ZX Spectrum] AWS Mortal Kombat (AWS, game...  
Mortal Kombat -    • [ZX Spectrum] AWS Mortal Kombat (AWS, game...  
Black Raven -    • [ZX Spectrum] Black Raven (Copper Feet, ga...  

ZXSpectrumGames4:    / zxspectr.  .
UFO Enemy Unknown -    • U.F.O. Enemy Unknown -- battling the Ephem...  

RZX Archive:    / rzxarchive  
Dizzy Return to Russia -    • Видео  

● 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...

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

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

Scorpian 256 example: http://hermitlair.ucoz.com/publ/14-1-...

Examples of ZX Spectrum Clones: http://www.nightfallcrew.com/11/06/20...

Pentagon 128 example: http://www.interface1.net/zx/clones/p...

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