U.S. Company to Produce PCs in Soviet Union

A U.S. computer company has reached an agreement with the Soviet Union to assemble and sell thousands of American-designed personal computers in the Soviet Union, the company announced Monday.

The joint venture between Advanced Transducer Devices and VO Electronorgtechnica, a Soviet electronics trading company, is believed to be the first involving computers, Advanced Transducer said.

Advanced Transducer, a Silicon Valley company that makes components for personal computers, said the joint venture expects to sell at least 4,000 PCs in the first year. The computers would be for use in schools, factories and offices, and not the military, O’Rourke said.