TIL Romania’s illicit handmade CoBra computer of the 1980s. The authorities could seize the students’ electronics, make them pay fines, and could expel them from the university for starters.
TIL Romania’s illicit handmade CoBra computer of the 1980s. The authorities could seize the students’ electronics, make them pay fines, and could expel them from the university for starters.
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The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer
In their poor, Communist country, Romania's computer curious built an underground industry.
