The Lost History of Socialism’s DIY Computer
Link: The Lost History of Socialism’s DIY Computer by Michael Eby. Published 02 Aug 2020.
This is a charming story of how Yugoslavia bootstrapped its own PC industry – open source, assembled at home, 4kb memory – and established a proto-internet involving DJ transmissions and cassettes. You can see why Galaksijas pass hands for thousands of dollars these days, which of course just makes for more melancholia.