On 4 December, Lviv Polytechnic hosted a landmark event – the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the PUMA educational electronic computer. This event brought together those who were involved in the creation of one of the first educational computers in Ukraine.
Yuriy Bobalo, Rector of Lviv Polytechnic, as well as the prominent developers of PUMA-1 and PUMA-2: Leonid Berezko, Yevhen Vavruk, Yurii Opyr, Viktor Kuzmin, Yurii Bieskov, Ivan Kolodchak, Roman Dunets, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Volodymyr Bielokha and Yosyp Huk attended the event. They shared their memories, talked about their unique experience and recalled how the creation of PUMA influenced the development of Ukrainian science and technology.
The history of PUMA creation
The PUMA educational electronic computer was developed in 1975. Its creation was a real breakthrough for education, as it provided students with the opportunity to gain practical knowledge in programming and algorithmisation.
PUMA-1, created in 1975, was a response to the need for equipment to train specialists in the field of electronics and computer engineering. A few years later, the improved PUMA-2 model was introduced, an even more innovative teaching tool.
