29C3: The ultimate Galaksija talk (EN)
Channel: Christiaan008
Date: 2012-12-30

Speaker: Tomaž Šolc
Everything about a Yugoslavian microcomputer halfway between a TRS-80 and a ZX 80


Galaksija was to be in Yugoslavia what Commodore and Sinclair were in the west. Whether it succeeded or not, its deceptively simple design can still teach us a lot of interesting tricks on how to make a usable computer and operating system with as few transistors and bits as possible.

Galaksija was a Yugoslavian home microcomputer popular in the local DIY community throughout the 1980s. It was meant as an alternative to illegally bought contemporary Sinclair and Commodore computers. It is a fascinating product of the time of severely limited availability of electronic components and a widespread disregard for copyright.

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