Digitron and Buje
And there was Digitron
Tradicionalni kineski abacus
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After World War II, life in Buje region was difficult and uncertain, leading many people to decide to emigrate. In order to stop the emigration, Yugoslav authorities provided the local population with new job opportunities, and on February 1, 1971, the Digitron company for digital electronics production was founded in Buje.
The first European pocket calculator, the Digitron db-800, was produced in 1971, which was an almost inexplicable success considering the technological backwardness of Yugoslavia at that time.
The first European pocket calculator, the Digitron db-800, was produced in 1971, which was an almost inexplicable success considering the technological backwardness of Yugoslavia at that time.
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The Years of Uncertainty
The Years of Uncertainty
Although Italy and Yugoslavia signed the London Memorandum in 1954, which was supposed to resolve the border issues between these countries, the situation in Istria was still very uncertain for a long time.
Both sides demanded more territory, threats were made and weapons were rattled.
In such an atmosphere, life was difficult, so in the period from 1954 to 1964, almost 10,000 inhabitants left Bujština in search of a safer life and employment, leaving behind 10,000 hectares of arable land.
In such an atmosphere, life was difficult, so in the period from 1954 to 1964, almost 10,000 inhabitants left Bujština in search of a safer life and employment, leaving behind 10,000 hectares of arable land.
Establishing Digitron
Establishing Digitron
Digitron was founded as part of the "Buje-export" foreign trade company, and electronics and computers were chosen because there were no such products on the Yugoslav market.
The beginning itself was very modest. In a neglected space of a former fire station, two engineers, two technicians, and 22 unskilled workers assembled two types of desktop computers based on Japanese documentation.
The First Models
The First Models
The first models that came out of Digitron's production line were the desktop calculators db 1200 and db 1212, but Digitron gained worldwide fame thanks to its "little ones", as the employees of Digitron affectionately called their pocket calculators.
The pocket calculator db 800 made history as the first European pocket calculator, and its successor model db 801 received awards and recognition wherever it appeared.
