• DocumentCode
    750798
  • Title

    Facit and the BESK Boys: Sweden´s computer industry (1956-1962)

  • Author

    Petersson, Tom

  • Author_Institution
    Uppsala Univ., Sweden
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    In 1956, the Swedish office equipment company Facit embarked on a plan to produce large-scale computers for the Swedish and Western European markets. The plan involved recruiting several top engineers known as the BESK Boys, who developed a computer for Facit that briefly was the world´s fastest. Circumstances, however, ultimately worked against Facit.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; history; BESK Boys; Facit; Sweden computer industry; Western European markets; engineer recruitment; large-scale computers; office equipment company; Aerospace industry; Companies; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Industrial accidents; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing industries; Marketing and sales; Production; Recruitment; BESK; Facit; Swedish computer industry; managerial failure; office machines; technological failure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2005.60
  • Filename
    1549794
    • Link To Document
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