Jeffrey Yost · @JustCodeCulture
173 followers · 86 posts · Server mastodon.social
Babbage Patch Finds # 8: An unidentified #Russian engineer/mgr explaining VEB Kombinat Robotron EC2540 #minicomputer to Control Data Corporation CEO William C. Norris mid 1970s.
[4 of 4 in Russian/Soviet computing series]
Robotron was launched in Dresden in '69 and became lgst East German computer Co.w/ 70,000 employees at peak.
#EastGermany #Germany #Russia #Computer #Computers #ColdWar #Histodon #Commodon #Histodons #History #Sociology #STS #ComputerScience #ControlData #WilliamNorris
#russian #minicomputer #eastgermany #germany #russia #computer #computers #coldwar #histodon #commodon #histodons #history #sociology #sts #computerscience #controldata #williamnorris
Jeffrey Yost · @JustCodeCulture
173 followers · 86 posts · Server mastodon.socialBabbage Patch Finds # 10: An unidentified #Russian engineer/mgr explaining VEB Kombinat Robotron EC2540 #minicomputer to Control Data Corporation CEO William C. Norris mid 1970s.
[4 of 4 in Russian/Soviet computing series]
Robotron was launched in Dresden in '69 and became lgst East German computer Co.w/ 70,000 employees at peak.
#EastGermany #Germany #Russia #Computer #Computers #ColdWar #Histodon #Commodon #Histodons #History #Sociology #STS #ComputerScience #ControlData #WilliamNorris
#russian #minicomputer #eastgermany #germany #russia #computer #computers #coldwar #histodon #commodon #histodons #history #sociology #sts #computerscience #controldata #williamnorris