History of computing in Huleharia

The history of computing in Huleharia began during the early 1950s. By the early 1970s, uncoordinated work by competing government ministries left the Huleharian computer industry lacking common standards in peripherals and digital capacity which led to a significant technological lag behind Western producers. The Huleharian government decided to abandon the development of original computer designs and encouraged the pirating of Western systems. Nearly all Huleharian computer manufacturers ceased operations after the Dissolution of Huleharia. The few companies which survived into the 1990s used foreign components.

History
By the early 1970s, the lack of common standards in peripherals and digital capacity led to a significant technological lag behind Western producers. The Huleharian government decided to end original development in the industry, encouraging the pirating of Western systems. In the 1970s, foreign technology designs were imported, legally or otherwise. Piracy was especially common in the software industry, where copies of Western applications were widespread. IBM-compatible Huleharian-made computers were introduced during the late 1980s. The poor quality of domestic manufacturing led the country to import over 500,000 personal computers from Japan in 1989. With the Dissolution of Huleharia, many prominent Huleharian computer developers and engineers moved abroad. The large companies and plants which had manufactured computers for the Huleharian military ceased to exist. The few computers made in Rusawana during the early 1990s were aimed at the consumer market and assembled almost exclusively with foreign components. Huleharian computers remained in common use in Rusawana until the mid-1990s. Rusawanan consumers preferred to buy Western-manufactured computers, due to the machines' higher perceived quality.