[[Image:De opening van Electrologica te Rijswijk(1964).jpg|thumb|Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld opened Electrologica in Rijswijk. In the foreground a part of the X8. (1964)]] '''N.V. Electrologica''' was a pioneering Dutch computer manufacturer<ref>{{cite news|title=EL WICOMATIC|journal=Digital Computer Newsletter|location=United States|publisher=Office of Naval Research, Mathematical Sciences Division|date=1961|page=17-19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1G0t_0MviUMC&dq=%22Electrologica%22+-wikipedia&pg=RA12-PA17|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> from 1956 to 1968, when it was taken over by Philips.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-10 |title=Stichting Electrologica |url=http://www.electrologica.nl/historie/electrologica.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410062401/http://www.electrologica.nl/historie/electrologica.html |archive-date=2005-04-10 }}</ref>
It was started by A. van Wijngaarden, B.J. Loopstra and C.S. Scholten from the Mathematisch Centrum (Mathematical centre) in Amsterdam, when that organisation decided to spin off and commercialise its work on computers.<ref>{{cite book|last=de Wit|first=Dirk|title=The Shaping of Automation: A Historical Analysis of the Interaction Between Technology and Organization, 1950-1985|location=Netherlands|publisher=Erasmus Universiteit|date=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7neWkjWvGsAC&dq=%22Electrologica%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA152|page=152|isbn=978-90-6550-414-2 }}</ref>
The most successful computers produced by Electrologica were the Electrologica X1<ref>{{cite book|title=Tales of Electrologica: Computers, Software and People|location=Germany|publisher=Springer|year=2023|editor1=Gerard Alberts|editor2=Jan Friso Groote|page=40|isbn=978-3-031-13033-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_M6lEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Electrologica%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA40|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> and the Electrologica X8.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electrologica computers X1 X8 |url=https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum/X1.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=ub.fnwi.uva.nl}}</ref> Other stripped-down versions of the X8, the X2 to X5, were less successful.<ref>{{cite web |last=Läppinen |first=Arne |title=The Rise and Fall of Philips Data Systems |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377777427}}</ref>
{{Anchor|Electrologica Foundation|Stichting Electrologica}}The '''Stichting Electrologica''' (“'''Electrologica Foundation'''”) is an organisation dedicated to preserving and spreading the history of computing in the Netherlands.
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== External links == * {{official website|http://www.electrologica.nl}} {{in lang|nl}} * [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13033-5 ''Tales of Electrologica'']
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