<s>
The	O
Timişoara	O
Polytechnic	O
Institute	O
Electronic	O
Computer	O
(	O
Romanian	O
:	O
Mașina	O
Electronică	O
de	O
Calcul	O
Institutul	O
Politehnic	O
Timişoara	O
)	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
MECIPT	B-Device
,	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
computers	O
built	O
from	O
1961	O
to	O
1968	O
at	O
the	O
Polytechnic	O
University	O
of	O
Timișoara	O
in	O
Romania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MECIPT-1	O
was	O
a	O
first	B-Architecture
generation	I-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
built	O
by	O
Iosif	O
Kaufmann	O
and	O
Wilhelm	O
Lowenfeld	O
(	O
1956	O
–	O
1962	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
joined	O
in	O
1961	O
by	O
Vasile	O
Baltac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
computer	O
built	O
in	O
Romania	O
after	O
Victor	O
Toma	O
built	O
the	O
CIFA-1	O
in	O
1957	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
Romanian	O
university	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MECIPT-2	O
(	O
1962	O
)	O
and	O
MECIPT-3	O
(	O
1965	O
)	O
followed	O
as	O
second	O
and	O
third	O
generation	O
computer	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parts	O
of	O
MECIPT	B-Device
1	O
and	O
2	O
were	O
exhibited	O
in	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Banat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
are	O
now	O
in	O
the	O
UPT	O
Museum	O
In	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
50th	O
anniversary	O
celebration	O
was	O
organized	O
in	O
Timişoara	O
to	O
recall	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
the	O
MECIPT	B-Device
computers	O
to	O
Romania	O
.	O
</s>
