Pravetz computers

Pravetz computers
Public
Industry Computer hardware
Electronics
Founded 1979 (Pravets)
/restored 2013/
Founder Ivan Marangozov
Headquarters Pravets, Bulgaria , now Sofia, Bulgaria
Area served
Bulgaria
Key people
Boyko Vuchev
Chairman and CEO
Products Desktops, servers, notebooks, netbooks
Website www.pravetz.bg

Pravetz (Правец in the original Cyrillic, series 8 and series 16) were Bulgarian computers, manufactured mainly in the town of Pravetz. Some components and software were produced in Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and other Bulgarian cities.

History

The first Bulgarian-made personal computer, IMKO-1, was a prototype of the Pravetz computers that was developed by Ivan Vassilev Marangozov,[1] who was often accused of just cloning the Apple II. A few early models were produced at the ITKR (pronounced ee-teh-kah-reh, Institute of Technical Cybernetics and Robotics), a section of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Industrial production in Pravetz started shortly after.[2]

Pravetz computers were of major importance in the economy of the Comecon.

In October 2013 a private owned company claiming in their web site to have rights on the trademark, have misleadingly announced that "Pravetz Computers are returning to market". In fact that company has nothing to do with the real "Pravetz" computers and industry in this article.

Model line

8-bit architecture

Except for the Oric-derived 8D (and possibly the IMKO-1), all the Pravetz 8-bit systems are largely compatible with the popular Apple II and its successors, but they offer Cyrillic fonts and some other improvements on the Apples.

Pravetz 82 computer in school class in Russia

16-bit architecture

Display of Pravetz 16

Pravetz-16 were IBM PC compatible:

32-bit architecture

Pravetz 64M

In October 2013 it was announced that a private company will use the Pravetz logo to brand computers with it in 2014.

See also

References

  1. (Bulgarian) Иван Василев Марангозов, pomagaloto.com, Материал № 54889, добавен на 9 декември 2007
  2. (Bulgarian) The history... Facts concerning Bulgarian microcomputers

External links

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