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CER ( sh-Latn, Cifarski Elektronski Računar, lit=Digital Electronic Computer) was a series of early computers (based on
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Mihajlo Pupin Institute Mihajlo Pupin Institute () is an institute based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is named after Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin and is part of the University of Belgrade. It is notable for manufacturing numerous computer systems used in SFR Yugoslavia - especia ...
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in the 1960s and 1970s. Models: * CER-10 - 1960, based on
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. First Yugoslav digital computer (developed in "Vinca"-Institute) in (
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). * CER-2 - 1963, a prototype model * CER-20 - 1964, CER-30 - 1966, - the prototypes of the "electronic bookkeeping machine" for
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and RIZ Zagreb;. * CER-200 - 1966, series of 18 "electronic bookkeeping computers". * CER-202-1968;
CER-203 CER ( – ''Digital Electronic Computer'') model 203 is an early digital computer developed by Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Serbia) in 1971. It was designed to process data of medium-sized businesses: * In banks, for managing and processing of acc ...
- 1972 * CER-22 - 1967, based on transistors, MSI circuits, magnetic core memory,
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s. Serie of 3 electronic systems, used for on-line banking operations and
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applications; * CER-12 - 1971, "electronic computer for business data processing", based on VLSI technology,
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boards, magnetic disks and
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s; * CER-11 - 1966, based on transistors, core memory,
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printer etc. Mobile military computer (used in the JNA (
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); * CER-101 Kosmos - 1973, based on VLSI circuits,
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, paper tapes, Teletype printers; Mobile computer in special military vehicles (used in the JNA's V.T. Institute); * CER-111 - 1975, Mobile military computer, based on VLSI technology,
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; Used in JNA until 1989.


Models and types

''CER-Computers Table (author: Dušan Hristović, M.P.Institute, Belgrade University)''; GFDL and CCSA 3.0 License.


See also

* History of computer hardware in Yugoslavia * List of computer systems from Yugoslavia


References

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