One of the first commercial programmable desktop calculators, the Programma 101, was produced by Olivetti SpA in 1964 and was a commercial success.
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One of the first commercial programmable desktop calculators, the Programma 101, was produced by Olivetti SpA in 1964 and was a commercial success.
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Olivetti SpA opened its first overseas manufacturing plant in 1930, and its Divisumma electric calculator was launched in 1948.
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Olivetti SpA produced Italy's first electronic computer, the transistorised Elea 9003, in 1959, and purchased the Underwood Typewriter Company that year.
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In 1981, Olivetti SpA installed the electronic voting systems for the European Parliament in Strasburg and Luxembourg.
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Olivetti SpA became famous for the meticulous attention it paid to the design of its products, through collaborations with notable architects and designers, over a nearly 60-year period starting in the late 1930s.
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Olivetti SpA designed the Programma 101, a precursor to the desktop computer, which was released in 1965.
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Mario Bellini and Ettore Sottsass, who by then directed design for Olivetti SpA, hired designers such as George Sowden and James Irvine.
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Olivetti SpA produced some industrial production machinery, including metalworking machines of the Horizon series.
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Olivetti SpA began with mechanical typewriters when the company was founded in 1909, and produced them until the mid-1990s.
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In 1978 Olivetti SpA was one of the first manufacturers to introduce electronic daisywheel printer-based word processing machines, called TES 401 and TES 501.
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Between 1955 and 1964 Olivetti SpA developed some of the first transistorized mainframe computer systems, such as the Elea 9003.
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In 1965 Olivetti SpA released the Programma 101, considered one of the first commercial desktop programmable calculators.
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The Olivetti SpA M28 was the firm's first PC to have the Intel 80286 processor.
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Olivetti SpA did attempt to recover its position by introducing the Envision in 1995, a full multimedia PC, to be used in the living room; this project was a failure.
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Digital remained a significant purchaser of laser printers and laptops from Olivetti SpA, but had begun to manufacture its own personal computers and planned to produce its own laptop products.
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Meanwhile, Olivetti SpA had been slow to introduce Alpha-based products, eventually shipping models based on Digital's own products.
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Olivetti SpA then launched a hostile bid for Telecom Italia in February 1999, despite being less than a seventh of the size of its target.
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In 2003 Olivetti SpA was absorbed into the Telecom Italia group, maintaining a separate identity as Olivetti SpA Tecnost.
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In 2007, Olivetti SpA launched the "LINEA_OFFICE", designed by Jasper Morrison for Olivetti SpA; a new line of PCs, notebooks, printers, fax machines and calculators.
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Olivetti SpA today operates in Italy and Switzerland, and has sales associates in 83 countries.
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In March 2011 Olivetti SpA began producing the OliPad, its first tablet computer, featuring a ten-inch screen, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth connectivity, Nvidia Tegra 2, Android 2.
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