Vuk (computer) explained

Vuk (pronounced as /ʋûːk/) is a computer prototype designed by a group of students from Leskovac in SFRY (now Serbia). It was supposed to be a multipurpose educational computer. The development started in 1984 and in 1988 about ten prototypes were produced. Although the design received awards,^[1] the Yugoslav industry was not interested, so the computer never reached the production phase.

Specifications^[2]

• CPU: MC68000 running at 8 MHz
• ROM: 128 KB (text editor, command interpreter, Pascal compiler, and assembler)
• Primary memory: 1 Mb (expandable up to 14 Mb)
• Secondary storage: floppy drive 800kb (5.25’’ or 3.5’’), hard disk
• Display: 40 column mode (320x256, 16 colors) and 80 column mode (640x256, 4 colors)
• Sound: beeper
• I/O ports: keyboard connector, composite and RF video, RS-232, Centronics, Game port and expansion bus connector

External links

• http://www.symmetry.rs/Kostic__2012__Razvoj_personalnog_racunara_Vuk_.pdf
• Nekad davno, u svetu kompjutera…
• Retro: Stari domaći YU računari - "VUK" - Nauka i tehnologija

Notes and References

1. News: Vuk uzvraća udarac. Stojičević. Dušan. May 1989. Svet kompjutera. 12. 13 June 2016. Serbian.
2. News: Bio jednom jedan Vuk. Stojičević. Dušan. September 1988. Svet kompjutera. 10–11. 13 June 2016. Serbian.