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Q1 CORPORATION Q1 System	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1972	Intel 8008	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread links oc_id source Q1 System /media/museum/photos/q1-corporation_8008_1.jpg /companies/q1-corporation Q1 CORPORATION label value NAME Q1 System label value MANUFACTURER Q1 Corporation label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1972 label value KEYBOARD teletype style console label value CPU Intel 8008 label value RAM Unknown label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES Unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA Unknown label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Unknown label value PERIPHERALS Unknown label value PRICE Unknown links 1251 title url text Philon.net http://philon.net/advent2.html Daniel Alroy's website, with detailed info about Q1 Corporation 1286 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603023021/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1286 2023-06-03

Photograph of the desktop console of the world's first microcomputer system. It utilized the Intel 8008 single-chip microprocessor.

The computer system was developed and manufactured by Q1 Corporation. They delivered the first microcomputer system to the Litcom Division of Litton Industries in Melville, Long Island on December 11, 1972 (and a second system in February, 1973). In April 1974 Intel introduced the second-generation, single-chip 8-bit microprocessor, the 8080. Until then, Q1 systems were the only self-contained, general-purpose microcomputer systems in the world.

In 1973, two limited-purpose products that utilized the 8008 were introduced: In May 1973 Micral, in France, introduced a special-purpose process controller; and in the fall, Jonathan Titus offered the Mark-8, an 8008 assembly-kit for the hobbyist market (Titus 1974). Neither product was, nor intended to be, a self-contained, general-purpose computer system.

In 1973, Q1 microcomputer systems were installed in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Hong Kong).

The Q1 System remained the world's only self-contained, general purpose microcomputer system until Intel introduced the 8080 second generation microprocessor.

Apparently, Q1 also delivered some of NASA's computers.

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Source: Daniel Alroy and his website Philon.net

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