Amstrad Plc is a company waiting for a relaxation of CoCom restrictions so that it can ship its 2000 range to the USSR which is currently outlawed because of its advanced VGA display: group marketing services manager Chris Anstey reckons that there are about 40,000 Amstrad 1640s in the USSR at present and is aware that individuals are able to sell a 1640 on the black market there for 50,000 roubles (equivalent to UKP50,000); he was particularly impressed at how knowledgeable Soviet computer users are as they have no set distributors or support services to rely on and so have to solve problems by themselves…
