Reproductions of the FIRST home computer…
Posted on December 5th, 2007 by Jai
No, it’s not the MITS Altair. It’s a lesser known computer that predated the Altair by several years. For the record, it also predated the microprocessor and was done with standard integrated circuits.
The computer was called the Kenbak-1. It had Star Trek style blinky lights (yes, LIGHTS, NOT LEDs) on the front, came with 256 BYTES of memory, and is now available as a very authentic reproduction for $999.00 (hey, if you’ve got the money, it would be cool!).
Front Panel of the Kenbak-1 replica
Inside the Kenbak - a view of the mainboard.
Another inside view, this time from the front
256 bytes? Fine– pick some other number.
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