24-10-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com

How one engineer beat restrictions on home computers in socialist Yugoslavia

In Lewis Packwood’s book Curious Video Game Machines, Voja Antonić explains how he built a home computer and published instructions for anyone to make their ownVery few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve of large institutions or companies. Importing home computers like the Commodore 64 was not only expensive, but also legally impossible, thanks to a law that restricted regular citizens from importing individual goods that were worth
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