The Altair 8800
List Price: US $395 as a kit, US $650 assembled
Release Date: February 1975
The Altair 8800 from Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS) of Albuquerque, NM, is considered by many to be the first “personal computer” – a computer that is easily affordable and Read More...
Archives: 1970's
Equipment from the 1970's.
IMSAI 8080
The IMSAI 8080
List Price: US $931 assembled, US $599 as a kit
Release Date: August 1975
Built by IMS Associates, Inc. of San Leandro, California, the IMSAI 8080 is one of the first consumer computers available.
True, there were other, earlier computers, but most were available in Read More...
Sol-20 Terminal Computer
The Sol-20 Terminal Computer
List Price: US $2129 assembled, US $995 as a kit
Release Date: June 1976
Like many other computers, the Sol-20 was envisioned as something other than what it became. Originally designed as a simple terminal to communicate with other devices, it evolved into Read More...
ADDS Regent 40
The ADDS Regent 40
List Price: US $995
Release Date: April 1979
Applied Digital Data Systems of New York (or ADDS for short) is a computer terminal manufactured in the late 70’s and the early 80’s. Unfortunately, we have very little information about it. If you are Read More...
Apple II Plus
The Apple II Plus
List Price: US $1200
Release Date: June 1979
The Apple II Plus was Apple’s third machine, released in 1978, after the Apple I and Apple II. The Plus was virtually identical to the standard Apple II model, but it had a different ROM, Read More...
Commodore PET 4016
The Commodore PET 4016
List Price: US $995
Release Date: 1978
The PET 4016 was the second in the series of what will become a long running series of PET computers designed by Chuck Peddle, (who also designed the 6502 microprocessor) and marketed by Commodore.
The 4000 series Read More...
Ithaca Intersystems DPS-1
Release Date: 1979
CPU: Z80 at 4Mhz
Ram: 8kb up to 256kb
Price:$7200
Unlike the TRS80 model 1, the Ithaca Intersystems DPS-1 weighs close to 1.5 tons. It was however, one of the first machines that could reliably and relatively inexpensively run both CP/M and Unix.
The DPS-1 appears Read More...
Intertec SuperBrain
The Intertec SuperBrain
List Price: US $2995
Release Date: September 1979
William M. Wells III (and brother Ron) started Intertec Data Systems as a one-man operation in 1973. He primarily made low-cost video terminals up until 1979, when the SuperBrain computer was released. Wells previously work at Read More...
Merlin the Electronic Wizard by Parker Brothers
Merlin the Electronic Wizard
List Price: US $24.95
Release Date: 1978
Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million Read More...