The Datapoint 2200 is an all-in-one desktop computer with a keyboard, squat screen, and two cassette decks for storage.

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1. Ken Shirriff (kenshirriff@oldbytes.space)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 16:09:00 JST Ken Shirriff

   The ancestor of the 8086 processor is the Datapoint 2200, a desktop minicomputer used as an intelligent terminal. Made before the microprocessor, the Datapoint built a processor from a board of chips. The Intel 8008 cloned the Datapoint, first step to the x86 architecture. 🧵