Talk:List of Soviet computer systems

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Should there be a seperate page for Russian computer systems? ie ZX Spectrum clones such as the Hobbit (computer) or Pentagon (computer)? these are post-soviet, aren't they?

I would think that would rate a separate page, yes. Soviet computers would be quite old now. - Hephaestos|§ 03:27, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

A piece of russian computer laugh, just for history: IBM PC compatible = писюк (pisyuk), hinting both at PC and "piss". `'mikka (t) 20:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DVK and BK is not clones

Hey!.. DVK and BK-0010/0011 are NOT clones of PDP-11: there is no machines they copied from. They are both based on K1801VMx processor chips, which is NOT a clone of PDP-11, but shares the same command set. So, I think, we can say - DVK and BK-0010/0011 is PDP-11-like. -- NZeemin 18:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

As much as I lust after one of these machines, I have to disagree. The Z80 was considered an 8088 clone even though it was software compatible... - I consider anything that will run the instruction set a "clone". PDP-11 is an architecture more than any physical machine. And yet, it is not a machine blessed by DEC, so I have to think of it as a clone. I'm not 100% sure either way, but I really am leaning on "clone". It could have run RT-11 if it wanted to, couldn't it? -- toresbe 19:19, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I have no idea, is BK/DVK PDP architecture clone or not. But I see misfit on your argumentation. CPU, that run same intstruction set (as Z80 w/ i8080, you noted) is clone, clone-CPU. But two systems, built around similar (or same) CPUs can't be called the same (or cloned) system unless they has same architecture solutions - memory & i/o ports mapping, CPU environment chips, if any, etc, which allows same software binaries (including OS) to be run on both systems.
There is lot of systems, that using same CPU, but is completely different. For example, 8-bit Atari and Apple II are both 6502-based, but it isn't same (or original & clone) computers, because they use different environment solutions, and Apple II software cannot run on Atari system, vice versa.
So, even if BK has PDP-cloned instruction set CPU, it can be absolutely different system. 89.208.93.254 21:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC)