CID-201

CID-201
Developer	University of La Habana
Type	Minicomputer
Generation	Third-generation computer
Release date	1970; 51 years ago

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

History[]

Cuba had already produced the analog computer . In 1969, the Cuban leader Fidel Castro asked during a visit to the University of La Habana if Cuba could produce a digital computer.^[1] The (CID, "Center for Digital Researches") was formed. The project was directed by 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 on the American 1959 PDP-1.^[2] The components were mostly Japanese, due to the American embargo on Cuba.

On 18 April 1970, the first computer was produced. It was named CID-201 following the earlier digital watch . It could do 25 000 additions/second. Its memory held 4 096 12-bit words. It was considered a third-generation computer.

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

A later version is the CID-201 A. The CID also produced the CID-201 B, , and . 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 issued a stamp commemorating the CID-201.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sanz Araujo, Lucía (2010-04-16). "Cumpleaños 40 de la primera computadora cubana" (in Spanish). Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ochigame, Rodrigo (2020-08-31). "Informatics of the Oppressed". Logic (11). Retrieved 20 October 2020.

External links[]

CID-201 at EcuRed (in Spanish)

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[Sanz-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sanz Araujo, Lucía (2010-04-16). "Cumpleaños 40 de la primera computadora cubana" (in Spanish). Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[Ochigame-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ochigame, Rodrigo (2020-08-31). "Informatics of the Oppressed". Logic (11). Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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