The Orel BK-08 was made in the Ukraine pre Soviet break, so it is more correct to call it a Soviet Union computer.They continued to make it after the fall of the Soviet Union under a different name. It is a clone of a Sinclair ZX Spectrum called "орель" (which translates to Eagle), More information at: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/29848/OREL-BK-08-Russian-Spectrum/ <http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/29848/OREL-BK-08-Russian-Spectrum/> and http://oldcomputer.info/8bit/orel/index.htm <http://oldcomputer.info/8bit/orel/index.htm>We're looking for someone with ZX Spectrum experience who would be interested in getting it into usable condition. We have no power cord (24V 400mAmps power supply, research says) and are assuming it outputs SECAM video. We will be putting a Timex Sinclair next to it so people can experience the Sinclair while we try to restore the Eagle. The Pravetz is Bulargian and is, indeed, an Apple II clone. Also from the Soviet era so correctly called a Soviet Union clone and is on loan from Tony Bogan. He can fill in more details. Best wishes, -Adam On 2/2/2020 4:46 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Lots of visitors today. I counted about 52. I have that number because I'm starting to keep track of the actual number of visitors that make it to our museum (i.e. not just InfoAge in general). Changes to the museum: We switched out the Storagetek with one piece from the Vax 9000. We added two Russian computers. I believe one is Ukranian and an Apple // clone. Tony Bogan has more details. We started our 80's bedroom exhibit and have a Commodore 64 setup there now and will have a printer and PrintShop connected soon. Visitors will be able to print out souvenirs. The bedroom has such artifacts as 80's movie posters, Dungeons and Dragons books, vinyl records from the time, Risk (board game), Rubix Cube. We plan on adding more pop culture of the time period. The next phase will be an 80's office environment and appropriate computer for that time. We have the cubicle wall and fake plant already there. I'm sure I'm missing some changes, so maybe the steering committee can fill in the gaps. More changes to come ...