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  • Kenbak-1 Home
  • JohnBlankenbaker
  • Programming
  • Design
  • Reproduction
  • ExtantKenbaks
  • Contact
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    • Kenbak-1 Home
    • JohnBlankenbaker
    • Programming
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Table Of Contents:

Here's a Summary of all Pages and Sections on this Website:


What is the Kenbak-1?

John Blankenbaker's Biography

The Early Personal Computer Contest

What was it Used For?

How was it Used?

Programming the Kenbak-1

How was it Electronically Designed?

Design of the Kenbak-1

The Logic Circuitry

The Kenbak-1 used Serial Memory

Digital Delay Line Memory

The Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

The State Machine

The Clock and Timing Circuitry

How Can I Get My Own Kenbak-1?

Is it Possible to Make a Kenbak-1 with the Original Boards?

Reproducing the Kenbak-1

But I Really want an Original Kenbak-1

List of All Existing, Original Kenbak-1 Computers.

Provenance Details of some Original Kenbak-1's

The Mysterious "Rev A" Circuit Board

The Red Shrine Display

Recent Prices of Original Kenbak-1 Computers

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

1) How many Kenbak-1s were originally made?

2) How fast (in instructions per second) was the Kenbak-1?

3) Why wasn't the Kenbak-1 commercially successful?

4) Was the Kenbak-1 really the "First Personal Computer"?

Links:

Technical Information on Kenbak-1

Other Biographies of John Blankenbaker

Links to Other Kenbak-1 Information

Photo Credits and Legal

Contact Us

  • Table of Contents

  • John Blankenbaker's Biography

  • The Early PC Contest

  • Design of the Kenbak-1

  • Programming the Kenbak-1

  • Making a Reproduction Kenbak-1

  • List of Original Kenbak-1s

  • FAQ  (Frequently Asked Questions)

  • Links

  • Photo Credits and Legal

  • Contact Us


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