<s>
K-202	B-Device
was	O
a	O
16-bit	B-Device
minicomputer	B-Architecture
,	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Polish	O
scientist	O
Jacek	O
Karpiński	O
between	O
1970	O
–	O
1973	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
British	O
companies	O
Data-Loop	O
and	O
M.B.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
friction	O
resulting	O
from	O
competition	O
with	O
Elwro	O
,	O
a	O
government-backed	O
competitor	O
,	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
K-202	B-Device
was	O
blocked	O
and	O
Karpiński	O
thrown	O
out	O
of	O
his	O
company	O
under	O
the	O
allegations	O
of	O
sabotage	O
and	O
embezzlement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
K-202	B-Device
had	O
two	O
main	O
rivals	O
Data	B-Device
General	I-Device
SuperNOVA	I-Device
minicomputer	B-Architecture
(	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
CTL	O
Modular	O
One	O
(	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
time	O
afterwards	O
,	O
K-202	B-Device
had	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
,	O
hundreds	O
units	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
K-202	B-Device
was	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
about	O
one	O
million	O
operations	O
per	O
second	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
its	O
instruction	O
set	O
was	O
not	O
well	O
suited	O
to	O
the	O
typical	O
tasks	O
,	O
making	O
practical	O
performance	O
somewhat	O
lower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K-202	B-Device
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
mini-computer	B-Architecture
which	O
used	O
the	O
paging	B-Architecture
technique	O
,	O
providing	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
virtual	O
memory	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
what	O
its	O
constructors	O
called	O
paging	B-Architecture
was	O
in	O
fact	O
a	O
simple	O
segmentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K-202	B-Device
was	O
based	O
on	O
small	O
-	O
and	O
medium-scale	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
.	O
</s>
