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computer Manufacturer Computer Terminal Corporation Type
Personal computer Release date June 1970; 43 years ago (1970-06)
Discontinued 1979; 34 years ago (1979)[1] Operating system
Datapoint O/S Memory 2 kB standard; expandable to 16 kB Display
Text only, 80×12 characters  The Datapoint 2200 was a mass-
produced programmable terminal, designed by Computer Terminal
Corporation (CTC) founders Phil Ray and Gus Roche,[2] and
announced by CTC in June, 1970 (with units shipping in 1971). It
was presented by CTC simply as a versatile, cost-efficient
terminal for connecting to a wide variety of mainframes by
loading various terminal emulations from tape rather than being
hardwired as most terminals were. However, enterprising users in
the business sector (including Pillsbury Foods) realized that
this so-called "programmable terminal" was equipped to perform
any task a simple computer could, and expl