Iskra Delta

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Iskra Delta was a computer manufacturer from Slovenia, and one of the biggest computer producers in SFR Yugoslavia that saw its own end with the breakup of the country. [1] It started in 1974 as Elektrotehna, the Ljubljana representative of Digital Equipment Corporation, a USA minicomputer manufacturer with an office in Belgrade. It began assembling PDP-11 minicomputers in Ljubljana from DEC processors and Ampex disks in 1978. Rapid expansion over all major Yugoslav Republics. It had a joint venture with Energoinvest, Sarajevo. Video terminals' assembly was in Paka, Slovenj Gradec. [2] Forced merger with Iskra and Gorenje computer divisions resulted in Iskra-Delta's enlargement to 2,000 employees. Delays with microcomputer technology and freer import brought its collapse in 1988. [3]

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Iskra Delta's bankruptcy proceedings began on February 5, 1990 and were completed in February 2021, after 31 years.

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  1. "The Highest Mountain and the First Computer in Slovenia". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  2. "Retro video terminal experience at the Computer History Museum Slovenia - Računalniški muzej" (in Slovenian). 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  3. Čengić, Drago (2000-02-01). "Karl Polanyi: Velika preobrazba, Politički i ekonomski izvori našeg vremena". Revija za socijalnu politiku. 7 (2). doi: 10.3935/rsp.v7i2.262 . ISSN   1845-6014.