Pravetz computers
Pravetz computers (in Bulgarian shortly: Правец) are the Bulgarian personal computers produced from 1979 that were widely used in scientific organizations and schools until the 1990s.
Native name | Правец |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Computer hardware Electronics |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | engineer Ivan Vasilev Marangozov |
| Headquarters | Pravets, Bulgaria, near Sofia, Bulgaria |
Area served | Bulgaria |
| Products | Desktops, servers, notebooks, netbooks |
Pravets are actually the first personal computers in Bulgaria, although before that, various types of large computer-computing systems were used, the size of rooms (60-70), as well as even lamp computers before that. The name of the Pravet computers specifies that these are personal computers "made" (in Bulgarian language: правя, pravja) in Bulgaria.
They were manufactured in the town of Pravetz, with some components and software being produced in other towns as Sofia, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and other Bulgarian cities.
Pravetz computers are still in use in some schools for beginner students in computing because they are adapted in manufacturing for educational purposes.
Bulgaria was the leading manufacturer, with its leading trademark Pravetz, of computer and periferals electronics for the socialist economic union COMECON in 20th century.