International Computers Limited Hungary

From 1968 to 1990:

Import, operation and maintenance of computers

After 1990: E-business service company.

-Information technology services: users – government, travel/transportation industry, financial sector, commerce, telecommunications service providers

-Development of operational and business activities

Most popular imported machines:

ICL 1900 series: 1904, 1905

Operating system: Executive

Programming languages: Initially PLAN Assembly, later ALGOL 60, COBOL, Fortran 66

• ICL 1904:

Software floating point support

• ICL 1905:

Hardware floating point calculation

Used by KFKI (1969)

System 4 series:

Operating system: J (Job), batch processing operating system

Programming languages: Initially PLAN Assembly, later ALGOL 60, COBOL, Fortran 66

Used by the Land Office (1973)

Used by the Planning Office (1971)

Used by Comporgan (1971)

ICL 2900 series

Used by Comporgan (1983)

The London-based company ICL has been operating in Hungary since 1968.

The reorganization of the Hungarian institution begins in the late 1980s

Since 1991, ICL Plc. has been a wholly owned registered subsidiary: ICL Hungary Kft.

Mergers:

April 1, 2002: Fujitsu Services

April 1, 2003: S&T Hungary Ltd.

ICL was one of the biggest competitors to the System/360 – System/370 systems manufactured by the American IBM.

ICT/ICL machines were very popular in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, as IBM could not or only very difficultly deliver products to these regions due to the embargo during the Cold War.