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Sol-20 Terminal Computer

Operating System:
BASIC, CP/M
Processor:
Intel 8080, 2.0 MHz
Company:
Processor Technology Corporation
Designer:
Lee Felsenstein
Price:
$1,000 kit, $2,000 assembled
Year:
1976

The SOL-20 was probably the first PC to incorprate a keyboard and video with the machine. This form factor obviously became the norm when the Apple II debuted a year or more later

The SOL also included ROM "personality modules" that allowed the computer to have some native code at power on. Other than that, however, the SOL-20 was a fairly typical S-100 system in a different package.

See also : Helios II