Not that I want to be Debbie downer but as always in case of Polish (which I am also are) overexaggerated and having that strange believe that if not the communists Poland would be a global superpower.
Its enough to go the wiki (both about the computer and the inventor) to see that the situation was not that clear. The performance was greatly overstated, it depended on the import of the component from the west etc.
Moreover the guy was cooperating with the Polish version of the FBI so it's not like it was a story of lonely genius vs the governament....
Its enough to go the wiki (both about the computer and the inventor) to see that the situation was not that clear. The performance was greatly overstated, it depended on the import of the component from the west etc.
Moreover the guy was cooperating with the Polish version of the FBI so it's not like it was a story of lonely genius vs the governament....