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"Very few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve of large institutions or companies. Importing home computers like the Commodore 64 was not only expensive, but also legally impossible, thanks to a law that restricted regular citizens from importing individual goods that were worth more than 50 Deutsche Marks (the Commodore 64 cost over 1,000 Deutsche Marks at launch). Even if someone in Yugoslavia could afford the latest home computers, they would have to resort to smuggling.
In 1983, engineer Vojislav "Voja" Antonić was becoming more and more frustrated with the senseless Yugoslavian import laws.
Antonić was pondering this while on holiday with his wife in Risan in Montenegro in 1983. "I was thinking how would it be possible to make the simplest and cheapest possible computer," says Antonić. "As a way to amuse myself in my free time. That's it. Everyone thinks it is an interesting story, but really I was just bored!" He wondered whether it would be possible to make a computer without a graphics chip – or a "video controller" as they were commonly known at the time.
Instead of having a separate graphics chip, Antonić thought he could use part of the CPU to generate a video signal, and then replicate some of the other video functions using software. It would mean sacrificing processing power, but in principle it was possible, and it would make the computer much cheaper."
And the Galaksija (Galaxy) was born.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday October 27, @03:27PM (2 children)
is Yugoslav, not Yugoslavian.
(Score: 2) by mrpg on Sunday October 27, @07:57PM (1 child)
Good question, I checked, It seems both are correct
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yugoslav [merriam-webster.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavs [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday October 27, @10:16PM
Well I stand corrected. Thanks!
Although in my defense, I got a bad mark and a stern lesson from the geography teacher at school when I was a kid exactly because I had put Yugoslavian as demonym of Yugoslavia, and I remember it so well that I was sure it was the only one.
Maybe the teacher was wrong, or maybe Yugoslavian wasn't accepted back then, because in fairness, I was a kid when Yugoslavia was still a thing and would still be for many more years :)