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{{Short description|Slovenian computer manufacturer}}
{{One source|date=November 2007}}
[[File:Iskra Dela Triglav 2007.jpg|thumbnail|[[Triglav (computer)|Triglav]]]]
'''Iskra Delta''' was a [[computer]] manufacturer from [[Slovenia]], and one of the biggest computer producers in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] that saw its own end with the breakup of the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Highest Mountain and the First Computer in Slovenia |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-highest-mountain-and-the-first-computer-in-slovenia-computer-history-museum-in-slovenia/EAVxeitQwjmMQg?hl=en |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref>  It started in 1974 as '''Elektrotehna''', the Ljubljana representative of [[Digital Equipment Corporation]], a USA minicomputer manufacturer with an office in [[Belgrade]].  It began assembling PDP-11 minicomputers in Ljubljana from DEC processors and [[Ampex]] disks in 1978.  Rapid expansion over all major Yugoslav Republics.  It had a joint venture with [[Energoinvest]], Sarajevo. Video terminals' assembly was in Paka, Slovenj Gradec.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=Retro video terminal experience at the Computer History Museum Slovenia - Računalniški muzej |url=https://www.racunalniski-muzej.si/retro-video-terminal-experience-at-the-slovenian-computer-history-museum/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |language=sl-SI}}</ref> Forced merger with Iskra and [[Gorenje]] computer divisions resulted in Iskra-Delta's enlargement to 2,000 employees.  Delays with microcomputer technology and freer import brought its collapse in 1988.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Čengić |first=Drago |date=2000-02-01 |title=Karl Polanyi: Velika preobrazba, Politički i ekonomski izvori našeg vremena |journal=Revija za socijalnu politiku |volume=7 |issue=2 |doi=10.3935/rsp.v7i2.262 |issn=1845-6014|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Iskra Delta's bankruptcy proceedings began on February 5, 1990 and were completed in February 2021, after 31 years.

==See also==
* [[Iskra Delta 800]]
* [[Iskra Delta Partner]]
* [[Triglav (computer)|Triglav]]
* Iskradata [[Iskradata 1680|1680]]
* [[History of computer hardware in the SFRY]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ideltaclub.com "iskra-delta club"]

[[Category:Computer companies of Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Computer companies of Slovenia]]


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