Lysator is an academic computer club at

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with almost 600 members. It is an independent

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society, separate from the students' union and the

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of the

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History

Lysator was founded on 29 March 1973. The first computer used at Lysator was a

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D21, delivered to Lysator on 25 May 1973. Later in the decade, members of Lysator developed and initially built a

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, the LYS-16, which was advanced for its time due to its 16-

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word size. In February 1993, Lysator put up the first

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in Sweden, among the first 10–15 in the world. On 30 July 2010, Lysator began migrating to a new 3 U

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rack, increasing their available storage space from 700 GB to 13 TB.

Projects hosted by Lysator

Lysator has been a starting ground for many notable projects, some of which have since become independent from the club: *

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* LysKOM * Elfwood * '' SvenskMud'' * '' NannyMUD'' * Sprite Animation Toolkit * Pike (programming language)

References

External links

Homepage of Lysator

History of Lysator
Linköping University MUD organizations Student organizations established in 1973 Computer clubs in Sweden 1973 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Östergötland County {{Sweden-org-stub

History

Projects hosted by Lysator

See also

References

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