Miles ahead, sabotaged by the state

[henry_flower]

Зі скарбниць інторнету:

najzwyklejszyzludzi: Poland was never a soviet state, it was communist but mostly independent. There were quite incredible computers made here such as the K-202 which was released in 1971 and was miles ahead of the IBM PC released TEN YEARS LATER. There was even a videgame console called TVG-10.

Frank Schneider: Yes, the economic powerhouse Poland is and has always been the globally leading country in computer technology. We all know IBM stole all of their inventions and patents using industrial espionage from Poland. Initially Silicon Valley was called Polish valley until they realized that they were not in Poland anymore and renamed it.

najzwyklejszyzludzi: Just read about the K-202. I'm not saying Poland had the most advanced technology in the world, but this computer was something else entirely. It was the brainchild of the genius engineer Jacek Karpiński and was completely sabotaged by the state that wanted to keep making crappy Odra mainframes.

The only reason this computer was not successful was intentional sabotage of its production. It was at the time hands down the most powerful microcomputer out there. IBM never stole that invention, the PC was made with very different technology.

Instead of attacking me, simply do some research. All the facts are out there.

Jakub Badełek: Yep, good times for Poland if it comes to computers, a pity this stops in 90' - we had then a pretty decent company called Optimus making awesome computers but it was killed by unfair tax law.

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[sassa_nf]

"Approximately 30 units were claimed to be produced. All units shipped to M.B. Metals were returned for service." :-)

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[henry_flower]

з ведмежого кута ютубу

[jonathan_simba]

Я так розумію, у них теж бувають вечори ахуітєльних гішторій?

[xou]

Ну, таки К-202 це мікрокопьютер, їх у 70ті хто не робив. Зрозуміло, що мікрокомпьютер той був потужніший за персональний компьютер IBM PC...

Це зовсім інші жанри.

[archie_kot]

"The K-202 was capable of running about one million operations per second; however, its instruction set was not well suited to the typical tasks, making practical performance somewhat lower" - кагбе все пояснює