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End of the year 1981, Michael Sunggiardi computernya start a business in Bogor. At first he only does business without serious intentions. Starting from hobby to tamper with electronic goods, he then studied audio engineering, television, videotape recorder (which in this era of 80-a tool that is popular entertainment) until the Compact Disc Player (CD Player), so it has the technical skills in the field of electronics , and then began teaching in several courses of computer and electronics courses in Jakarta, while menyambi business and college.

When he began to feel bored with these activities, he began to turn on computer, because he felt that the technical computer electronics have more challenges. When he started to help some computer stores in Harco, Glodok Plaza Jakarta. That time not many people understand what it was or how to operate computers. He studied technical computer and then transmit his knowledge to some fellow vendors and traders in Harco also in computer courses. He even had time to teach some people who now became his icon-computer business in Indonesia in the courses, among others in the Columbia Computer, Computer CPU, UPS Pascal. Starting from the application program Lotus, WordStar, which he said would be used for business people. Participants course when it is not limited to young children only, but some people just have an old 40.

In 1982 he founded the company PT Graha Batutulis Komputronika with 3 of his friends in Jakarta and Bogor. First he put the computer in his father's bookstore in Bogor, and it turned out to attract the attention of customers. Because the employees do not understand about computers, they invited the questioner questioners had to return Saturday and get an explanation from Michael on the computer and how to operate. This continued until 1984-1985, when he began to have a staff that helped explain and teach about the computer.

This computer business grew after he has clients Australian expatriate who worked in the Central Veterinary Research in Tapos, near Ciawi. Next he began to have a lot of expatriate clients, including from the U.S. and Japan, who worked at the company at around Bogor and Jakarta. At first they came to buy a computer, but then they ask questions about computer operation and software, and Michael also invites expatriates to learn and teach some computer and software programs, including Graphic Design by Desktop Publishing, Ventura Publisher. When he was still using his father's bookstore in Suryakencana, Chinatown area in Bogor, starting from one part of the book store until he uses for the 2nd floor sales and computer service.