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From: MEGGIN@vm.epas.utoronto.ca (David Megginson)
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Subject: Sovjetskie ST
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Date: 19 Oct 89 13:31:01 GMT
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Atari did try to market to the USSR, from what I've heard.  The problem
was that GDOS was not really ready yet, and all of the cyrillic stuff
was a weak hack.  I understand that a Danish/British computer called
Thor, which does work well with cyrillic, has taken a lot of the USSR
market.




   David Megginson MEGGIN@VM.epas.utoronto.ca