File:MITS Calculator 908DM 1974.jpg
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English: Micro Instrumentation & Telemetry Systems, Inc (MITS) advertisement for electronic calculators in February 1974. After a brutal calculator price war in 1973–1974, MITS was $300,000 dollars in debt. The company introduced the Altair 8800 in January 1975, the first successful personal computer. MITS was acquired by Pertec Computer Corporation in 1977 for $6 million.
This advertisement appeared in February 1974 issue of Radio-Electronics (page 17). |
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Source | Scanned from the February 1974 Radio-Electronics magazine by Michael Holley Swtpc6800 |
Author | MITS staff |
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This advertisement did not have a copyright notice and is in the public domain. From the US Copyright Office Circular 3. Page 3, Contributions to Collective Works. (A magazine is a "collective work.") The trademark of a design plus words, MITS, was filed by Micro Instrumentation & Telemetry Systems, Inc of Albuquerque New Mexico on June 12, 1972 (serial number 72423353) and registered on July 16, 1974 (number 0988363). It ceased being used in commerce and was canceled June 7, 1985. (See registration number 1107110.) |
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