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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