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This is an overview of microcomputing in the Cema (Council for Economic Mutual Assistance) nations, showing the effects of national similarities and differences, intra-CEMA cooperative efforts, and indigenous capabilities, as well as the influence of technology transfer from the West. Cema includes the Soviet Union and the six East European Warsaw Pact nations: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany (GDR), Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (While Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam are also Cema members, their contributions to microcomputing are negligible.)
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Stapleton, R.A., Goodman, S. (1988). Microcomputing in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. In: Weiss, E.A. (eds) A Computer Science Reader. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8726-6_16
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