<s>
The	O
Micro-80	B-Device
(	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
do-it-yourself	O
home	O
computer	O
in	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
complex	O
,	O
using	O
an	O
KR580VM80A-based	O
system	O
(	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
8080	I-General_Concept
)	O
which	O
contained	O
about	O
200	O
ICs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Micro-80	B-Device
prototype	O
began	O
in	O
1978	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
package	O
from	O
the	O
Kiev	O
NPO	O
Kristall	O
arrived	O
at	O
the	O
Moscow	O
Institute	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Machine	O
Building	O
(	O
MIEM	O
)	O
by	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
,	O
MIEM	O
specialists	O
figured	O
out	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
domestic	O
analogue	O
of	O
the	O
i8080	B-General_Concept
microprocessor	O
and	O
peripheral	O
controllers	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Letters	O
began	O
to	O
come	O
to	O
the	O
editors	O
of	O
the	O
Radio	O
magazine	O
with	O
requests	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
Micro-80	B-Device
and	O
,	O
to	O
facilitate	O
assembly	O
,	O
develop	O
printed	O
circuit	O
boards	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
