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It took me roughly 5 seconds to go to Wikipedia, type "CP/M" into the search bar, scroll down to "History", where I found a link to an article about the Intel Intellec:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellec

The second sentence in that article says:

> The Intellec computers were among the first microcomputers ever sold, predating the Altair 8800 by at least two years.

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interesting, and indeed I'd never heard of them.

of course, there's also the IMSAI. I personally lusted after the Sol (real wood sides!)

Intellec seems to have been missing from the hobbyist headspace, though, which was critical for that early phase of the industry - not to mention that kits were huge in those days. Adults with a couple grand (real money in those days) to blow on a mostly-impractical but cool toy...

well done - your google search skills certainly exceed mine

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