Računari was a computer magazine of the former Yugoslavia which lasted from 1984 until the late 1990s – surviving the economic turbulence and wars of the 1980s-90s, and even outlasting the country itself. The title simply means “computers” in Bosnian – and its content was just that: very bland, very technical, nothing flashy… but its covers were another matter entirely.
Despite the very low-key tech content, the guys at Računari decided to put some spice on just about every cover. Nearly every issue featured a ravishing Eastern Bloc Beauty straddling computer hardware. Let’s have a look at some of these covers spanning the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. Enjoy.
![racunari-1992_10_001](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_10_001.jpg)
Računari – October 1992
![Računari - September 1986](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-Sept-1986.jpg)
Računari – September 1986
![Računari -May 1991](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1991_05_001.jpg)
Računari -May 1991
To give you a sense of the world going on outside – Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence one month after this issue was released. Following that, Croatia is embroiled in serious fighting among its Serbian and Croation populations.
Računari -July 1987
![Računari - June 1994](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1994_06_001.jpg)
Računari – June 1994
![Računari - January 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_01_001.jpg)
Računari – January 1988
![Računari - January 1994](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1994_01_001.jpg)
Računari – January 1994
![Računari - January 1986](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-Jan-1986.jpg)
Računari – January 1986
![Računari - May 1992](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_05_001.jpg)
Računari – May 1992
The following month, Bosnia and Herzegovina is recognized as an independent county. It’s fascinating that, as geopolitical conflicts are waged, this humble computer magazine with its sexy cover models, pressed onward as if everything were “normal”. But that’s how it is – amid bloody conflicts, life goes on.
I wonder if Slobodan Milošević took time to enjoy the cover babes of Računari.
![Računari - December 1987](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1987_12_001.jpg)
Računari – December 1987
![Računari - April 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_04_001.jpg)
Računari – April 1988
![Računari - July 1992](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_07_001.jpg)
Računari – July 1992
![Računari - March 1993](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1993_03_001.jpg)
Računari – March 1993
Is it just me, or does this look like a hostage situation. We’ve got a panicked woman in bondage held in a bare room clearly against her will. Should we alert the authorities?
But it’s not the only one to feature this theme. The next issue features a much happier girl… But, again, she’s in bondage, in a bare room with computer parts on the floor.
![Računari - November 1993](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1993_11_001.jpg)
Računari – November 1993
![Računari - January 1989](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1989_01_001.jpg)
Računari – January 1989
![Računari - September 1987](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1987_09_001.jpg)
Računari – September 1987
![Računari - October 1990](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1990_10_001.jpg)
Računari – October 1990
![Računari - February 1994](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1994_02_001.jpg)
Računari – February 1994
![Računari - October 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_10_001.jpg)
Računari – October 1988
![Računari - May 1993](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1993_05_001.jpg)
Računari – May 1993
![Računari - March 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_03_001.jpg)
Računari – March 1988
![Računari - December 1991](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1991_12_001.jpg)
Računari – December 1991
![Računari - September 1992](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_09_001.jpg)
Računari – September 1992
![Računari - August 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_08_001.jpg)
Računari – August 1988
![Računari - July 1989](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1989_07_001.jpg)
Računari – July 1989
Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what this is about? I’m thinking the tubing wrapped around her head is supposed to be a hardwire connection from brain to PC… but I could be wrong.
![Računari - February 1992](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_02_001.jpg)
Računari – February 1992
![Računari - May 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_05_001.jpg)
Računari – May 1988
![Računari - September 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_09_001.jpg)
Računari – September 1988
Just a girl and her joystick.
![Računari - October 1994](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1994_10_001.jpg)
Računari – October 1994
![Računari - January 1992](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1992_01_001.jpg)
Računari – January 1992
![Računari-July 1988](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Računari-1988_07_001.jpg)
Računari-July 1988
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