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Very 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 more than 50 Deutsche Marks (the Commodore 64 cost over 1,000 Deutsche Marks at launch). Even if someone in Yugoslavia could afford the latest home computers, they would have to resort to smuggling.
Did you ever build your own computer? At most, I've played around a bit with an Arduino but never really got into it. I hope my son will be more handsy than I am.
Super interesting read, thanks!
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the secret ingredient is crime!
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Cannot be a crime to avoid the real crime, which is coercion to not freely trade.
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true! fuck communism !
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Such recognition is well deserved. By making such a brilliantly clever machine out of so little, Voja Antonić was able to introduce computers to an entire generation – changing countless lives in the process.
This is a winning story of an engineer with a desire to create. He did a huge job for the people of his now defunct country.
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Get your hardware wallets now if you plan to survive inside the EU when it starts breaking up for real soon...
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You can also use TailsOS on a USB as a hardware wallet.
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