Examples of computer use

Examples of computer use

Due to Iskra Delta’s success the only data available to us is that of the use of Delta’s computers. The text mostly features applications and software that could have been uploaded on almost any DELTA system computer. Singled out are the uses of the PARTNER, TRIGLAV (TRIDENT), and ISKRADATA 1680 computers, which were the most popular and user-friendly. In its use-information bulletins, Iskra Delta stresses that any programme can be easily learned if users attend the company’s courses in the use of computers and Delta systems at their education centre in Nova Gorica. All the information listed is taken out of material found at NUK (National and University Library) ([Iskra Delta : informativno gradivo], umetna zbirka. Ljubljana : Iskra Delta, 1982- 1988.) List of Iskra Delta computer systems’ applications and software used in production, offices and homes:

  • Textile industry – tailoring optimisation system (system of automatic tailoring – computer package)
  • System of chipboard production control
  • Technical applications for use in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries
  • Computer guidance of lumber, paper, and textile industry processes
  • Food industry
  • Weather radar (DELTA 800), Obramba pred točo (Hail Defence) programme system
  • Applicative solutions in the field of civil service: tax bookkeeping, citizen registries, accounts of communal services, social security
  • Purchase and selling functions: the Nabava (Purchase), Zaloge (Supply), and Prodaja (Sales) applications
  • Tourism and catering – Recepcijsko poslovanje (Reception Management) application model
  • Banking
  • Educational purposes: PARTNER and TRIGLAV (TRIDENT) were gifted to schools as tools of teaching information and computer science, getting used to working with computers, and learning computer languages and programming. If used with the appropriate equipment, microcomputers may be used in teaching other subjects (Civil

Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Agriculture). They enable the simulation of different processes, interactive learning and teacher-student communication, independent work on computers, and regular and objective assessment of students. They also enable the automatization of school management – keeping records of teachers and students, forming timetables, and automatically displaying student performance.


Iskra Delta Triglav (Trident)

  • Management of production, automatization of processes, robotization
  • Workplace for graphical projection, business system for multiple users, communication unit
  • Automatization of chemical processes, automatization of energy stations, and automatization of electric energy production, transfer and distribution
  • Refinery management, heating and plumbing network management, road and railway traffic control, energy consumption control, security and control of facilities (hotels, airports …)


Iskra Delta Partner

  • TISKTIP programme for writing, correcting, and designing texts. Intended mostly for redaction, printing works, offices, and editorial and publishing houses
  • MIPOS business applications package (bookkeeping, keeping records of buyers and suppliers, issuing invoices, and warehouse management)


ISKRADATA 1680

  • General and special business applications, banking applications, financial bookkeeping, personal income accounting, issuing invoices
  • Overseeing production, forming tallies, material planning
  • Healthcare and school system management, construction works accounting, graphical processing, education
  • Process guidance
  • Scientific research
  • Data transfers
  • Data gathering