Engineering:Patinho Feio
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Short description: First minicomputer created entirely in Brazil
Patinho Feio (Portuguese for "Ugly Duckling", in reference to the fairy tale) was the first minicomputer designed and manufactured entirely in Brazil.[1] It was made between 1971 and 1972 in the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo by the Digital Systems Laboratory (currently called Department of Computer Engineering and Digital Systems).[2][3][4]
Technology
Patinho Feio was an 8-bit minicomputer with a memory of 8 kB and an instruction cycle of 2 microseconds. It was programmed in assembly language.
See also
- Zezinho
References
- ↑ Marília Bissigo. "O primeiro computador brasileiro é um Patinho Feio". 17º Fórum Internacional de Software Livre. http://softwarelivre.org/fisl17/noticias/o-primeiro-computador-brasileiro-e-um-patinho-feio.
- ↑ "Documentário conta história do primeiro computador brasileiro, o Patinho Feio – ESCOLA POLITÉCNICA" (in pt-BR). https://www.poli.usp.br/noticias/1975-documentario-conta-historia-do-primeiro-computador-brasileiro-o-patinho-feio.html.
- ↑ "Banco de Dados Folha - Acervo de Jornais". Folha de S. Paulo. 20 July 1972. http://almanaque.folha.uol.com.br/ciencia_20jun1972.htm.
- ↑ "O primeiro computador brasileiro completa 40 anos - noticias - Estadao.com.br - Acervo" (in pt-br). https://acervo.estadao.com.br/noticias/acervo,o-primeiro-computador-brasileiro-completa-40-anos,6974,0.htm.
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