Abstract
The use of modern electronic computers in Tanzania dates back to the late sixties. The first modern electronic computer was installed in 1968 at the Ministry of Finance to cater for all Government computing requirements. This was an ICL 1901 magnetic tape based system. Prior to this, there were electromechanical installations of the Holler inth era in several sites including the Government installa tion at the Ministry of Finance and one at the then East African Railways and Harbours Regional Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The then East African Railways Corporation acquired its first computer in 1968 and another one in 1969. The two computers (ICL 1904E and ICL 1905F) were installed at the Corporations Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and linked to them were on-line remote job-entry terminals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kampala, Uganda; and one at the Kenya Regional Office in Nairobi. The whole Railways Operations Network of the three former East African Community partner states was controlled through this network. Tanzania Railways Corporation's experience in the application of computer technology, therefore, dates from that time. Ever since 1968, informatics technology based on the use of modern computers had been expanding steadily, though at a rather reduced pace because of various technical and financial constraints.
DOI
10.1080/02681102.1986.9627070
Recommended Citation
Ndamagi, C.
(1986).
Status of informatics technology in Tanzania.
Information Technology for Development, 1(3), 169-175.
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.1986.9627070
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