Re: Soviet PDP-11s

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From: mdch... M Darrin Chaney
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 21:06

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>In article <1990Sep10....@hq.demos.su>, a...@hq.demos.su (Vadim G. Antonov) writes:
>> 	The joke about rewinding fans resembles me one real case:
>> 	I was mastering Unix-like system for East German ugly
>> 	brain-damaged PDP-11 clone (K1630) and have found the
>> 	non-DEC trap "FAN FAILURE" !

Back in 1982 or 83, the Bally/Midway company came out with the arcade game
"Tron", after the movie.  It had the best graphics in the arcade when it first
came out, and was one of the more complex games.

Folklore says that the US Government wouldn't allow Bally to ship the game to
Eastern Europe, because the processor used in "Tron" was more complex than
anything the Soviets had at the time.

	Darrin

mdchaney@iubacs
mdch...@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
mdch...@rose.ucs.indiana.edu

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From: mdch...@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney)
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Subject: Re: Soviet PDP-11s
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