The TIM-100 was a
PTT teller microcomputer
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developed by
Mihajlo Pupin Institute
Mihajlo Pupin Institute ( sr, Институт Михајло Пупин, Institut Mihajlo Pupin) 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 ma ...
(
Serbia
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) in 1985 (Ref.lit. #1). It was based on the Intel
microprocessors
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types 80x86 and VLSI circuitry.
RAM
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had capacity max.8MB, and the external memory were
floppy disks
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of 5.25 or 3.50 inch. (Ref.literature #2, #3 and #4).
Multiuser, multitasking
Operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also in ...
was real-time NRT and also TRANOS (developed by PTT office).
See also
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Mihajlo Pupin Institute
Mihajlo Pupin Institute ( sr, Институт Михајло Пупин, Institut Mihajlo Pupin) 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 ma ...
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History of computer hardware in the SFRY The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) was a socialist country that existed in the second half of the 20th century. Being socialist meant that strict technology import rules and regulations shaped the development of computer history in ...
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Microcomputers
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References
*1. D.Milicevic, D.Starcevic, D.Hristovic: "Architecture and Applications of the TIM Computers", Primenjena nauka journal, No 14, pp. 23–30, Belgrade May 1988. (in Serbian)
*2. Dragoljub Milicevic, Dusan Hristovic(Ed): RACUNARI TIM (TIM Computers), Naucna Knjiga,Belgrade 1990.
*3. Computing Technology in Serbia, by Dusan Hristovic, Phlogiston, No 18/19, pp. 89–105, Museum MNT-SANU, Belgrade 2010/2011. (in Serbian)
*4. 50 Years of Computing in Serbia- Hronika digitalnih decenija, by D.B.Vujaklija, N. Markovic-Ed, pp. 37–44 and 75–86 in this book, PC Press, Belgrade 2011. (in Serbian).
Fig.4. TIM designers from M.P.Institute-Belgrade, Wikimedia
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