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Manufacturer |
Kenbak Corporation (US) |
Model |
Kenbak-1 |
Date Launched |
September 1971 |
Price |
$750 |
Microprocessor type |
The Kenbak-1 predated the invention of the first microprocessor (the Intel 4004 of November 1971). |
ROM size |
No ROM |
Standard RAM |
256 bytes of serial memory |
Maximum RAM |
Not known |
Keyboard type |
No keyboard |
Supplied language |
None |
Text resolution |
Output was a row of lights on the front panel. |
Graphics resolution |
Not applicable |
Colours available |
Not applicable |
Sound |
None |
Cassette load speed |
No tape interface |
Special features |
Often considered to be the first stored-program personal computer. |
Good points |
Allowed users to have a taste of the basic principle of computer programming. |
Bad points |
There was not a great deal you could do with just a line of lights as output. |
How successful? |
About 40 were sold in total. Kenbak Corporation closed in 1973. |
Comments |
Designed by John V. Blankenbaker. |
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