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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.
Published in:
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
(Volume:27
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: Oct.-Dec. 2005
- Page(s):
- 23 - 30
- ISSN :
- 1058-6180
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 8701089
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/MAHC.2005.60
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- Date of Current Version :
- 05 December 2005
- Issue Date :
- Oct.-Dec. 2005
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