Ringmod, maybe it was that famous Egyptian vodka. You don't get that here...

Nah.

Teuthis, if you didn't find it: Right on the site with the video, you can download the program as as windows exe. I encountered some hiccups with it, but I gave up pretty early since I'm not really into knitting - yet.

Teapunk: I don't know much about the history of the old factory in Wernigerode (just a few miles away from where I live right now), but maybe it's post-GDR equipment?

I agree that East German chocolate might have tasted awful (there is some retro-chocolate today that I tested once), but maybe it was because of lack of resources, not because of equipment? (I'm just speculating, I was born only four years before the Wall went down, so my GDR-experiences are limited to things I could put into my mouth, chocolate not being one of them (I wonder why).