Datapoint 2200 History of personal computers

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1970: datapoint 2200.



released in june 1970, programmable terminal called datapoint 2200 earliest known device bears significant resemblance modern personal computer, screen, keyboard, , program storage. made ctc (now known datapoint) , complete system in small case bearing approximate footprint of ibm selectric typewriter. system s cpu constructed variety of discrete components, although company had commissioned intel develop single-chip processing unit; there falling out between ctc , intel, , chip intel had developed wasn t used. intel released modified version of chip intel 8008, world s first 8-bit microprocessor. needs , requirements of datapoint 2200 therefore determined nature of 8008, upon successive processors used in ibm-compatible pcs based. additionally, design of datapoint 2200 s multi-chip cpu , final design of intel 8008 similar 2 largely software-compatible; therefore, datapoint 2200, practical perspective, functioned if indeed powered 8008, making de facto microcomputer.








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