Microcomputer Associates, Inc., was an American computer company founded by Manny Lemas and Ray Holt. It produced the low-cost Jolt Microcomputer, designed...
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by Motorola in 1974. The MC6800 microprocessor was part of the M6800 Microcomputer System (later dubbed 68xx) that also included serial and parallel interface...
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Lemas of Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated, later known as Synertek Systems where he designed the Jolt, Super Jolt and SYM-1 microcomputer cards as...
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2025. "Motorola Sues MOS Technology" (PDF). Microcomputer Digest. 2 (6). Cupertino CA: Microcomputer Associates: 11. December 1975. Archived from the original...
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This is a list of early microcomputers sold to hobbyists and developers. These microcomputers were often sold as "DIY" kits or pre-built machines in relatively...
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A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor. The computer also includes...
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chip. "Intel's Higher Speed 8080 μP" (PDF). Microcomputer Digest. 2 (3). Cupertino CA: Microcomputer Associates: 7. September 1975. Archived from the original...
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6507 and RIOT chips at $12 a pair. MOS also introduced Cyan to Microcomputer Associates, who had separately developed debugging software and hardware for...
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Micro 440 (category Early microcomputers)
40". Microcomputer Digest. 1 (9). Microcomputer Associates: 1, 3–4 – via the Internet Archive. Staff writer (January 1976a). "$90 4-Bit Microcomputer Kit"...
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2024-02-16. "Mostek 5065's by the 1000's" (PDF). Microcomputer Digest. 8 (8). Microcomputer Associates Inc: 1–2. February 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021...
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IMSAI 8080 (category Early microcomputers)
The IMSAI 8080 is an early microcomputer released in late 1975, based on the Intel 8080 (and later 8085) and S-100 bus. It is a clone of its main competitor...
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writer (March 1975). "Intel Introduces 4/Mod 40". Microcomputer Digest. 1 (9). Microcomputer Associates: 1, 3–4 – via the Internet Archive. Helmers, Carl...
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PL/M, an acronym for Programming Language for Microcomputers, is a high-level language conceived and developed by Gary Kildall in 1973 for Hank Smith at...
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Microsoft (redirect from Microcomputer and Software)
featured Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems's (MITS) Altair 8800 microcomputer, which inspired Allen to suggest that they could program a BASIC interpreter...
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IMS Associates, Inc., or IMSAI, was a microcomputer company, responsible for one of the earliest successes in personal computing, the IMSAI 8080. The...
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hands on a microcomputer in the burgeoning market. The company's first two products was a microcomputer, the Mike 1, and a book, Microcomputer Design (1975)...
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Lifeboat Associates, Inc., was a New York City company that was one of the largest microcomputer software distributors in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
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History of personal computers (redirect from Microcomputer revolution)
computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive...
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"3rd Generation Microprocessor" (PDF). Microcomputer Digest. 2 (2). Cupertino, CA: Microcomputer Associates: 1–3. August 1975. Crockett, Rebecca (8 January...
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Machine "Motorola Redesigns 6800" (PDF). Microcomputer Digest. 3 (2). Santa Clara, CA: Microcomputer Associates: 4. August 1976. "Motorola is redesigning...
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Equipment Corporation's DCT11 microprocessor. Synertek acquired Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated, consisting of engineers Manny Lemas and Ray Holt...
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Hayes Microcomputer Products was a US-based manufacturer of modems. The company is known for the Smartmodem, which introduced a control language for operating...
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the early microcomputer era of the 1970s, Digital Research's operating system CP/M was often described as a software bus. Lifeboat Associates, an early...
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Logic Programming Associates (LPA) is a company specializing in logic programming and artificial intelligence software. LPA was founded in 1980 and is...
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MCM/70 (category Early microcomputers)
pioneering microcomputer first built in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and released the next year. This makes it one of the first microcomputers in the...
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Digital Research (redirect from Microcomputer Applications Associates)
working at Intel as a consultant under the business name Microcomputer Applications Associates (MAA). By 1974, he had developed Control Program/Monitor...
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Intel (redirect from Intel Microcomputer Systems Group)
and then a "personal computer". Intel also created one of the first microcomputers in 1973. Intel opened its first international manufacturing facility...
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TRS-80 Model I, Apple II, and many other early microcomputers. Xerox announced acquisition of Shugart Associates in August 1977 and completed its purchase...
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Microprocessor development board (category Early microcomputers)
Intel 8080 JOLT was designed by Raymond M. Holt, co-founder of Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated. KIM-1 the development board for the MOS...
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Bipolar Microcomputer Components Data Book. Texas Instruments. 1977. "Microcomputer Digest Annual Index" (PDF). 2. Microcomputer Associates Inc. 1976...
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