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'''Vuk''' ({{IPA|sh|ʋûːk|pron}}) is a computer prototype designed by a group of students from [[Leskovac]] in [[SFRY]] (now [[Serbia]]). It was supposed to be a multipurpose educational computer. The development started in 1984 and in 1988 about ten prototypes were produced. Although the design received awards,<ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=2841&page=12
|title=Vuk uzvraća udarac
|last=Stojičević
|first=Dušan
|date=May 1989
|work=[[Svet kompjutera]]
|page=12
|access-date=13 June 2016
|language=Serbian}}</ref> the Yugoslav industry was not interested, so the computer never reached the production phase.

== Specifications<ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8436
|title=Bio jednom jedan Vuk
|last=Stojičević
|first=Dušan
|date=September 1988
|work=[[Svet kompjutera]]
|pages=10–11
|access-date=13 June 2016
|language=Serbian}}</ref> ==
* [[CPU]]: [[MC68000]] running at 8 [[MHz]]
* [[Read-only memory|ROM]]: 128 [[Kilobyte|KB]] (text editor, command interpreter, [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] compiler, and [[Assembly language#Assembler|assembler]])
* [[Primary memory]]:  1 Mb (expandable up to 14 Mb)
* [[Secondary storage]]: [[Floppy disk|floppy drive]] 800kb (5.25’’ or 3.5’’), [[hard disk]]
* [[Electronic visual display|Display]]: 40 column mode (320x256, 16 colors) and 80 column mode (640x256, 4 colors)
* Sound: beeper
* [[I/O port]]s: keyboard connector, composite and RF video, RS-232, Centronics, Game port and expansion bus connector

== References ==
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== External links ==
* http://www.symmetry.rs/Kostic__2012__Razvoj_personalnog_racunara_Vuk_.pdf
* [https://pedyamilicevic.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/nekad-davno-u-svetu-kompjutera/ Nekad davno, u svetu kompjutera…]
* [http://forum.b92.net/topic/47070-retro-stari-domaci-yu-racunari-vuk/ Retro: Stari domaći YU računari - "VUK" - Nauka i tehnologija]

{{Serbian computers}}

[[Category:Educational hardware]]
[[Category:68k-based computers]]
[[Category:Personal computers]]
[[Category:Computer-related introductions in 1984]]


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