Half a Century of Computing in the Serbian Copper Mining and Metallurgy Industry

Author

Milivojevic, Dragan R. ; Pavlov, Marijana ; Despotovic, Vladimir ; Tasic, Visa

Author_Institution

Inst. of Min. & Metall., Bor, Serbia

Volume

34

Issue

3

fYear

2012

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The Copper Mining and Smelting Complex Bor (RTB Bor) in the Republic of Serbia has a long history of computer control and computer-aided data processing. Working within the confines of the Cold War era, RTB implemented and developed four generations of computers, becoming a major influence in the IT sector and the primary computer training resource in the region.

Keywords

copper; metallurgical industries; mining industry; smelting; IT sector; RTB Bor; Republic of Serbia; Serbian copper mining industry; Serbian metallurgy industry; cold war era; computer control; computer-aided data processing; primary computer training resource; smelting complex Bor; Copper; Data processing; Database systems; Europe; Government; History; Information systems; Mining industry; Production facilities; Companies; Computers; Copper; Copper Mining and Smelting Complex Bor; Data processing; Government; Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bor; Production; RTB Bor; Republic of Serbia; Yugoslavia; centralized and distributed data processing; distributed information system; history of computing; mainframe and host computers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAHC.2012.2

Filename

6143905