Voja Antonić
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| Born |
Vojislav Antonić 12 July 1952 Šabac, Serbia, then Yugoslavia |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Other names | Voja |
| Known for | Design of Galaksija home computer |
| Website | www |
Vojislav "Voja" Antonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Воја Антонић, pronounced [ˈʋɔja ˈantɔnitɕ]) is a Serbian inventor, journalist and writer. He was also a magazine editor and contributed to a number of radio shows but he is best known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your own computer Galaksija" initiative with Dejan Ristanović. The result of this initiative is, perhaps, his crowning achievement – he encouraged and enlightened thousands of computer enthusiasts during the 1980s. Mr Antonić donated many of his personally initiated creations to the public domain, whenever they related to the common people or a fellow engineer.
After reading a book on Z80 microprocessor motivated Voja Antonić to create something with it. His first creation with a microprocessor was Conway's Game of Life machine that shows its state using 8x8 matrix of red LEDs. The machine reportedly worked flawlessly almost continuously since creation to at least 2006 (time of writing of this article).
Prior to the Winter of 1981/1982 Skiing Federation of Serbia timed the competitors using regular stopwatches and hand signaling. Upcoming Balkan competition required this to be improved and more precise and the skiing federation contracted Mr. Antonić to create a system for precisely timing each competitor.
The result was a small, battery powered computer packed together with liquid crystal display, printer and keyboard in Samsonite suitcases. Over the years five different models were built, named from "Arbitar" to "Arbitar 5", and were used for many years.
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