List of early microcomputers
- List of early microcomputers
This is a list of early microcomputers encompassing the microprocessor-based development system/hobbyist microcomputers being made and sold as "DIY" kits or pre-built machines in relatively small numbers in the mid-1970s, before the advent of the later, simpler to operate, significantly hotter-selling home computers (listed in List of home computers). Most early micros came without keyboards or displays, which had to be provided by the user, usually at great expense. RAM was typically 4–16 KB.
Early microcomputers
*Micral was the earliest commercial, non-kit personal computer based on the Intel 8008 micro-processor [Computer History Museum] ]
*Intel SDK-85 based on the Intel 8085
*MITS Altair 8800, introduced 1975, Intel 8080, introduced S-100 bus
*IMSAI 8080, Intel 8080
*MOS Technology KIM-1, introduced 1975, MOS Technology 6502
*Apple I, introduced 1976 MOS Technology 6502
*Rockwell AIM-65, MOS Technology 6502
*ECD Micromind, introduced 1977 MOS Technology 6512 (6502 w/ external clock)
*Cromemco Z-1, introduced 1976
*Motorola MEK6800D2, introduced 1976, with the Motorola 6800 microprocessor
*COSMAC ELF, introduced 1976, RCA 1802
*Netronics ELF II, RCA 1802
*Quest SuperELF, RCA 1802
*Tesla PMI-80
*Electronics Australia Educ-8
*Electronics Australia 77up2 aka "Baby 2650"
*Elektor TV Games Computer, with the Signetics 2650 microprocessor
*Sinclair's MK14, a SC/MP based system
*The System 68 from a design published in Electronics today international.
*The PSI comp 80 by Powertran from a design in the magazine Wireless World See also
*List of home computers
*List of home computers by video hardware
*Microprocessor development board
Notes
References
* cite web
url = http://staging.computerhistory.org/timeline/timeline.php?timeline_year=1973
title = Timeline
publisher = Computer History.org
accessdate = 25 December
accessyear = 2007
External links
* [http://oldcomputers.net/ Obsolete technology website] — Information about many old computers.
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