Publication details

Sovietization of Czechoslovakian computing: the rise and fall of the SAPO project

Authors

DURNOVÁ Helena

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2010.7
Field History
Keywords SAPO; Czechoslovakian computing
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Description After World War II, Antonín Svoboda returned to Czechoslovakia with experience in building analog computers, a keen interest in digital computing technology, and aspirations to establish a computer industry in his homeland. Svoboda's original ideas were further developed by his students and colleagues and reflected in the design of SAPO, the first Czechoslovakian computer, in the 1950s.

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