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04-03-2012, 23:49
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High Tech. from the USSR!
I came across these two items from the communist era - not the sort of equipment I thought they would have made
"Олимп МПК005С" (OLIMP MPK005S) open reel recorder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evp5h...eature=related If you look closely you can see "CCCP" (USSR) printed on the front panel below the heads. "Маяк-233 Стерео" (stereo cassette recorder) http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=K6fAMygOyjE Both items are still working which suggests they were well made. The only USSR equipment I remember over here were VEGA radios, radiograms and small portable tvs branded "Rigonda". Did they keep the best products for themselves? |
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05-03-2012, 00:15
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http://www.wired.com/gaming/hardware...y_soviet_games
http://www.reposter.net/2011/05/in-s...ame-plays-you/ All I have on the soviets is their weird arcade machines.. |
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05-03-2012, 00:21
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I bought a Russian multimeter about 30 years ago, it was cheap and seemed to work well for a while. Then the big range switcher seemed to get a bit unreliable, so I took the back off and sprayed it with WD40. The plastic melted !
Oh well. 
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05-03-2012, 00:30
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Fascinating - I wouldn't have thought they would want their people wasting time on such a decadent western pastime.
They also made "Handheld electronic game Elektronika IM-22 "Merry Footballers", clone of "Game & Watch" from Nintendo". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EmJ...6&feature=plcp and CD players "Vega PCD-122 S" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccWs...6&feature=plcp |
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05-03-2012, 00:41
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Fascinating - I wouldn't have thought they would want their people wasting time on such a decadent western pastime.
They also made "Handheld electronic game Elektronika IM-22 "Merry Footballers", clone of "Game & Watch" from Nintendo". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EmJ...6&feature=plcp and CD players "Vega PCD-122 S" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccWs...6&feature=plcp Damn language barrier  googled up some more info http://www.englishrussia.com/forum/v...php?f=2&t=6955 |
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05-03-2012, 14:14
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Both Zenith Cameras and Cosmos (Vega) shortwave tranny radios were available via mail order through magazines etc. Very cheap. To get a bit of foregin exchange cash. But forbidden to Soviet citizens inside the USSR (listening to shortwave was illegal!).
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