What where Soviet computers like in the 80s?
In the late 80s and 90s they were
awesome. Not in computing power, but in chutzpah and variety:
Planet Sinclair's list of Russian clones, with pictures
Special mention goes to the Nafanja:
Somewhat bigger pictures
which came with its own attache case and was aimed at "Diplomatic offices"... and had a joystick.
Which probably means a conversation like this probably took place somewhere in a Soviet embassy...
ILYA "Boris, get off the computer! We have a message to decode..."
BORIS "Not yet! I have all the objects and I'm nearly back to the Master Bedroom!"
ILYA "Boris, stop playing "Jet Set Willy" this instant or..."
BORIS "...or you'll put me on report? Fine, then you'll have to find out by yourself how to kill Smaug!"
ILYA "YOU KNOW?!!!... hmmm... I guess it can wait for a bit."
BORIS "Besides, Mischa erased the decoding software yesterday to save his Football Manager game"
MISCHA "YOU TATTLETALE SONOFA..."