snuci wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:56 pm Compucolor II is not all-in-one. The keyboard is separate.

"All in one box", ie, complete and ready to go on delivery. I think your MCM wins.

BTW, thanks for uploading the images to the wiki, I just noticed that now.

I'm wondering if anyone knows anyone who might have worked at/been Digital Solutions Inc of Ontario. They were first listed as being in Willowdale, but later were in an industrial unit (now row housing) in Richmond Hill. Around the time they moved they renamed all their products from "Paperback ...

There are various definitions of "personal computer" so it is sort of in the "eye of the beholder". As I read your definition, I thought of the MCM/70 as well, to be honest. Many people don't know about this computer and how early it was but I am fortunate enough to own one. Wow, you still have ...

Following in the theme of my last post, I'd like to address the next claim: The KIM1 was the first single board computer I have a single board computer sitting beside me as I type this. It has no display or input on the system. It is, however, the canonical example of a single-board computer, which ...

On further study, there appears to no definition by which the PET could possibly claim to be the first personal computer. Forget the MCM/70 for the moment, let's just look at the market at that time. The PET was announced in January 1977, and the first units shipped in October. However, this ...

Hello all, I sent an email to Ian Matthews about some questionable claims I found on the commodore.ca web page. To avoid broadening the discussion too far, I'll focus on one in particular: https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-products/commodore-pet-the-worlds-first-personal-computer/ Commodore PET ...

When I first started using the PET around 1981/2 we had only a few games. One was the classic STAR TREK from Creative Computing, no mystery there. Looking at your page I also remember Dog Star, Space Invaders and Dungeon. But there was another that I don't see, let me try to describe it... Basically ...