Hi there, does anyone have any DDR computers in their stash???...DDR computers you ask..??. 
Yes, there were such things... 
I remember starting to use a computer in my last year at school in 1987. When doing the Abitur in year 12 we got some KC85-1, which I think sported a staggering 8kB of memory.. 
when I then joined the Army in August 1987 I continued working with KC85-1 and then in second year in the Army we got some KC85-2, which I think had 32kB of memory...in the Army, we mostly used them to write BASIC programming language programs to simulate Artillery Shooting and probabilities of destroying a target with certain types of fire...Dirk (AR-11), I am sure you must have used them as well??? Then later on (and I think that was the last DDR Computer, they brought out a KC87...my father actually bought one in 1989...but that has long since gone in the bin.. 
The best DDR youth radio station was DT64 (we never really listened to anything else) and they broadcast a programme via Radio every day (it might not have been every day, but these were certainly regular broadcasts) at 4pm, where they transmitted a new BASIC software program, and we were all ready with our Stern radio sets to tape those programs...
SO, I am not looking to buy one of those wonderful computers and I am not selling any, but I would be interested to know if any of you have got one...and would that not make the ultimate DDR Techi memorabilia... Does anyone know the company that made them?? I think they were called VEB Robotron... 
Cheers, Torsten.
PS: After having written the above piece I did a little google search...no idea, why I did not do that before and there is loads of stuff on these computers on the internet...there are even clubs you can join and museums..unbelievable.. and have a look at this site: http://benser.net/computer.htm
Yes, there were such things... I remember starting to use a computer in my last year at school in 1987. When doing the Abitur in year 12 we got some KC85-1, which I think sported a staggering 8kB of memory.. when I then joined the Army in August 1987 I continued working with KC85-1 and then in second year in the Army we got some KC85-2, which I think had 32kB of memory...in the Army, we mostly used them to write BASIC programming language programs to simulate Artillery Shooting and probabilities of destroying a target with certain types of fire...Dirk (AR-11), I am sure you must have used them as well??? Then later on (and I think that was the last DDR Computer, they brought out a KC87...my father actually bought one in 1989...but that has long since gone in the bin.. The best DDR youth radio station was DT64 (we never really listened to anything else) and they broadcast a programme via Radio every day (it might not have been every day, but these were certainly regular broadcasts) at 4pm, where they transmitted a new BASIC software program, and we were all ready with our Stern radio sets to tape those programs...
SO, I am not looking to buy one of those wonderful computers and I am not selling any, but I would be interested to know if any of you have got one...and would that not make the ultimate DDR Techi memorabilia...
Does anyone know the company that made them?? I think they were called VEB Robotron... Cheers, Torsten.
PS: After having written the above piece I did a little google search...no idea, why I did not do that before and there is loads of stuff on these computers on the internet...there are even clubs you can join and museums..unbelievable..
and have a look at this site: http://benser.net/computer.htm
but don't worry...that does not happen too often with me... 
Cheers, Torsten.
Cheers, Torsten (ebay id german.militaria).
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