Re: wierd II clone

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

>There was a Russian IIe clone called Pravetz assembled in Tashkent.
>from Bulgarian parts. It had Cryllic and the Roman alphabet in ROM.
>Probably had the Roman alphabet because a huge percentage of
>the programs used were supposed to have been pirated western
>software.

Yup.  That was the one.  And yes, there were pirated versions
of Western software.  However, the Western software were
"adapted" to the Cryllic alphabet.  I think they hacked AW
Classic to do this in no time.  ;-)  So, if anyone wanted a
Russian version of AppleWorks, all they need is to look at
some schools in Russia or Bulgaria for the needed character
ROM plus hacked copy of AppleWorks.

They created Tetris on this computer, supposedly.