Lecture with live demonstration »Digital GDR«

Nobody had a computer at home in the GDR? Not true, of course. This year, the KC 85/1 small computer is just as old as the Republic as a whole: it was presented for the first time at the Leipzig Spring Fair in 1985 and was mainly used in the education sector. In addition to the »KC scene«, René Meyer will also be presenting kits such as the Z 1013, western computers such as the Commodore C-64 and, of course, the Poly-Play-Automat. The computer collector and author of the book »From Robotron to Poly-Play. Computer and Video Games in the GDR« will not only present the small computers from Dresden and Mühlhausen in a lecture, but will also put some of them back into operation live. So get a few old BASIC commands ready.
 

Lecture and discussion:
René Meyer, journalist and computer collector, Leipzig

Moderation:
Sören Marotz, Exhibition Director DDR Museum, Berlin

 

ADMISSION IS FREE OF CHARGE!

 

 

28 May 2025, 6 pm

Conference Room DDR Museum
Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 2
10178 Berlin

Here you can see the location.

The event will take place in German.

The event will be recorded and made available on the DDR Museum YouTube channel. Click here to view past events.