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jan 23, 1971 - First Kenbak-1 is sold

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One of the earliest personal computers, the Kenbak-1 is advertised for $750 in Scientific American magazine. Designed by John V. Blankenbaker using standard medium-- and small-scale integrated circuits, the Kenbak-1 relied on switches for input and lights for output from its 256-byte memory.

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jan 23, 1971
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~ 54 years ago