Editing Computer (section)

===Personal computers===
{{Main|Personal computer}}

The invention of the microprocessor led to the development of microcomputers, also known as [[personal computer]]s. The first microcomputer was Japan's [[Sord Computer Corporation|Sord]] SMP80/08, developed in April 1972.<ref name="ipsj">[http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0086.html 【Sord】 SMP80/x series], Information Processing Society of Japan</ref> It was soon followed by several other unique hobbyist systems.

The first commercial microcomputer kits were based on the Intel 8080: the Sord SMP80/x series, released in May 1974,<ref name="ipsj"/> and the [[Altair 8800]], introduced in 1975.

The first pre-assembled desktop home computers to come equipped with monitors appeared in 1977: the [[Apple II]], the [[Sord M200]] Smart Home Computer,<ref>[http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0087.html 【Sord】 M200 Smart Home Computer Series], Information Processing Society of Japan</ref> and the [[Commodore International Corporation|Commodore]] PET.