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Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Re: Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Post by grujicd »

salex89 wrote: post #80
lproven wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's more under Russian influence today than then. Yugoslavia no longer exists. While Serbia may be -- I've been there twice and it's a rather scary country -- the other fragments of Yugoslavia are far less so. Bosnia has a distinct Ottoman influence, while Croatia and Slovenia are very Western Europeanised indeed. I haven't been to Montenegro yet, but had the best beer I tasted in Bosnia was Montenegrin (as oppose…

Of course, I meant Serbia since Galaksija comes from today's Serbia as well as it's creator, a very prominent man today. What was scary in Serbia? And I agree, Jelen is bottom of the barrel. Only worse than thet would be private store brands, and you might even find better than Jelen among them.

There's nothing scary in Serbia - except Jelen and other domestic beers. Rakija could be scary as well, but only if you drink too much.

Re: Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Post by lproven »

grujicd wrote: post #81
salex89 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course, I meant Serbia since Galaksija comes from today's Serbia as well as it's creator, a very prominent man today. What was scary in Serbia? And I agree, Jelen is bottom of the barrel. Only worse than thet would be private store brands, and you might even find better than Jelen among them.

There's nothing scary in Serbia - except Jelen and other domestic beers. Rakija could be scary as well, but only if you drink too much.

Oh, I don't know, one measure of it made me nervous. :-D But I don't usually drink spirits.

Re: Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Post by lproven »

salex89 wrote: post #80
lproven wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's more under Russian influence today than then. Yugoslavia no longer exists. While Serbia may be -- I've been there twice and it's a rather scary country -- the other fragments of Yugoslavia are far less so. Bosnia has a distinct Ottoman influence, while Croatia and Slovenia are very Western Europeanised indeed. I haven't been to Montenegro yet, but had the best beer I tasted in Bosnia was Montenegrin (as oppose…

Of course, I meant Serbia since Galaksija comes from today's Serbia as well as it's creator, a very prominent man today. What was scary in Serbia? And I agree, Jelen is bottom of the barrel. Only worse than thet would be private store brands, and you might even find better than Jelen among them.

I went to the Guča trumpet festival. It's pretty intense. Things like rifles being fired into the air in the crowd at a music festival is scary to me. This is something I might associate with the Middle East, not Europe.

The T-shirts on sale were another example. My Cyrillic is poor and my Czech is too but I can understand a bit. One was in English: "I am Vladimir Putin, and what I put in, stays there." The ones praising "war heroes" were worrying, too.

On my train back to Budapest the last time I was there, the crop-haired older gentleman opposite me was reading "Ветеран" magazine and a biography of a general.

The general impression I got was that here was a country whose sympathies lie East, not West.

At the time, I lived in Czechia, and I drove to Guča with some friends. The cultural difference from where I lived and where we drove in a single day -- and we didn't drive fast -- was shocking.

On my next visit, I had an overnight stop.

Re: Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Post by tomca32 »

ivanche wrote: post #16
tomca32 wrote: post #2

Wow! I can’t believe I never heard of this. Despite being born in Yugoslavia and alive at that time, I’ve never encountered or heard of Galaksija in my life. Sinclair stuff was pretty common: Spectrum and the older zx80, Commodore, even Amiga in the late 80s/early 90s. The only domestic machine I ever encountered was Orao.

You never had a chance to experience another Yugoslavian computer Pecom 32 then :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecom_32

Indeed I haven't, thanks for sharing. Wow a computer developed in Nis. Never thought I'd read about that.

Re: Galaksija: The Soviet-Era, Z80-based microcomputer

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Post by bowsamic »

timbit42 wrote: post #79
anthk wrote: post #77

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The C64 had a VICII.

Yes, but it's not a GPU. The ANTIC is a processor as it has instructions. The VIC-II is a Video Interface Controller, thus the name. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_home_computers_by_vide...

The VIC2 is literally a GPU, it doesn’t matter if it’s a processor
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