The Timişoara Polytechnic Institute Electronic Computer (Romanian: Mașina Electronică de Calcul Institutul Politehnic Timişoara), known as MECIPT, is the name used for a family of computers built from 1961 to 1968 at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara in Romania.
MECIPT-1 was a first generation computer built by Iosif Kaufmann and Wilhelm Lowenfeld (1956–1962), a team joined in 1961 by Vasile Baltac.12 This was the second computer built in Romania after Victor Toma built the CIFA-1 in 1957, and the first in a Romanian university. MECIPT-2 (1962) and MECIPT-3 (1965) followed as second and third generation computer technology.
Parts of MECIPT 1 and 2 were exhibited in the Museum of Banat.3 and are now in the UPT Museum4 In 2011, a 50th anniversary celebration was organized in Timişoara to recall the importance of the MECIPT computers to Romania.5
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- History of Computer Developments in Romania July–September 1999 (vol. 21 no. 3)
- MAESTRI AI INGINERIEI CALCULATOARELOR Pagini de istorie – Lucian N. Vintan Univers Ingineresc nr.: 16/2007 http://click.infospace.com/ClickHandler.ashx?du=http%3a%2f%2fvalhalla.racai.ro%2fsti%2fdoc%2fsocinf_inceput.doc&ru=http%3a%2f%2fvalhalla.racai.ro%2fsti%2fdoc%2fsocinf_inceput.doc&ld=20130116&ap=10&app=1&c=srchresrow3&s=srchresrow3&coi=239138&cop=main-title&euip=95.76.162.112&npp=10&p=0&pp=0&pvaid=bb3e5393450b4cb2b44f836ba093e109&ep=7&mid=9&hash=613EF3D51D959FCE86483BFAA3B58A93
- Forty Years of Education and Research in Computers and Informatics at "Politehnica" University of Timișoara Stefan Holban, Stefan Preitl, Marius Crisan http://conf.uni-obuda.hu//Neumann/Holban.pdf
- UPT, Museum (21 June 2021). "Muzeul UPT". Muzeu UPT (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- Computerul MECIPT-1, la 50 de ani: A fost prima maşina care a făcut o traducere din engleză în română Adevarul.ro http://adevarul.ro/locale/timisoara/computerul-mecipt-1-50-ani-fost-masina-facut-traducere-engleza-romana-1_50abb8d87c42d5a6637f3ed8/index.html#