Also in East Germany, initiated by Prof. Horst Voelz (who was kind of a computer celebrity back then, basically the East German Konrad Zuse or Alan Turing). In

Also in East Germany, initiated by Prof. Horst Voelz (who was kind of a computer celebrity back then, basically the East German Konrad Zuse or Alan Turing). Interestingly there was a cooperation with computer enthusiasts from the Netherlands which led to the adaption of the Dutch BASICODE standard in East Germany. Also see (apologies for German link, but I guess machine translation will work well): https://web.archive.org/web/20181107231024/http://r-h-voelz.de/PDF%20sonstige/ComputerSendungen.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20181107231024/http://r-h-voelz....