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Comment by lo_zamoyski

> Those born in countries like Poland

One famous example is Jacek Karpiński [0]. Soviet pressure, opposition to the use of Western parts, and intense jealousy of the commie state bureaucracy which sought to hold a monopoly over computer production (e.g., through the state-owned companies Odra and Elwro) halted production.

Here's some English language documentation for one of his models (the K-202) which was exported to the UK [1]. (The state-produced Mera 400, a heavily modified version of the K-202, did achieve a great deal of success, however, despite high production costs.)

There was an article posted here about him about 10 years ago [2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Karpi%C5%84ski

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20241012182627/https://www.zenke...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41072026

parent lo_zamoyski 5 months ago

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