CID-201

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CID-201

Developer	Third-generation computer
Release date	1970; 54 years ago (1970)

CID-201 was a digital computer produced in Cuba in 1970.

History

Cuba had already produced the

The Centro de Investigaciones Digitales (CID, "Center for Digital Researches") was formed. The project was directed by Luis Carrasco and mostly designed by Orlando Ramos. The first version was designed using transistors. After the introduction of integrated circuits, the design was changed. It was inspired by the American 1965 PDP-8.^[2] The components were mostly Japanese, due to the American .

On 18 April 1970, the first computer was produced. It was named CID-201 following the earlier digital watch CID-101. It could do 25 000 additions/second. Its memory held 4 096

. It was considered a

third-generation computer

.

It could be programmed in LEAL (Lenguaje Algorítmico, "algorithmic language").^[2]

A later version is the CID-201 A. The CID also produced the CID-201 B, CID-300, CID-1408 and CID-1417. Among the peripherals produced, several thousands of displays were exported to the Soviet Union.^[2]

Application

The first computer was installed in the sugar refinery Camilo Cienfuegos to control the railroad traffic during the sugarcane harvest. Another one was installed in the Ecuador refinery.^{[citation needed]}

Several thousand computers were produced. It was also used in the education of Cuban technicians.

Legacy

• On 2010, the Cuban Administración Postal issued a stamp commemorating the CID-201.^[1]

See also

• History of computer hardware in Eastern Bloc countries

References