4 ms·
It took me roughly 5 seconds to go to Wikipedia, type "CP/M" into the search bar, scroll down to "History", where I found a link to an article about the Intel I
by st_goliath 3y ago
It took me roughly 5 seconds to go to Wikipedia, type "CP/M" into the search bar, scroll down to "History", where I found a link to an article about the Intel Intellec:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellec
The second sentence in that article says:
> The Intellec computers were among the first microcomputers ever sold, predating the Altair 8800 by at least two years.
- zabzonk 3y agowell done - your google search skills certainly exceed mine
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- markhahn 3y agointeresting, and indeed I'd never heard of them. of course, there's also the IMSAI. I personally lusted after the Sol (real wood sides!) Intellec seems to have been missing from the hobbyist headspace, though, which was critical for that early phase of the industry - not to mention that kits were huge in those days. Adults with a couple grand (real money in those days) to blow on a mostly-impractical but cool toy...