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Comment: Per WP:NCORP, notability requires independent, in depth content about the organization itself, not just about a product it made. Note that Baby! 1 already has its own article covering essentially the same facts with the same sources; a company article does not follow automatically from a notable product per WP:NOTINHERITED. Balabush (talk) 05:33, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
STM Systems Inc. was a microcomputer company based in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. In 1976 it announced and sold the Baby! 1, a transportable 6502-based computer. Byte later described the Baby! 1 as the first portable microcomputer.[1]
History
[edit]STM Systems announced the Baby! 1 in August 1976.[2] The company used the slogan "Specialists in Technology for Microprocessors" and listed P.O. Box 248, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire in its advertising.[3] Donald C. Gunter (1938–2017), a sales engineer from Mont Vernon,[4] represented the firm in the trade press; he visited the Byte offices to demonstrate updates to the Baby! 1.[2]
The company advertised the Baby! 1 as a fully assembled system rather than a kit. Its ads stated that each unit received 168 hours of burn-in testing before shipment.[3] STM Systems placed full-page advertisements in hobbyist magazines such as Byte.[3]
Products
[edit]The Baby! 1 was STM Systems' only known product. It combined keyboard, power supply, and mainboard in an acrylic case sized 14.5 × 10 × 4.5 inches and weighing about 10 pounds; the computer shipped in an attaché briefcase.[5] Base models offered 2 KB or 4 KB of RAM and sold for $850 to $1,000.[2] Software bundled with the system included Tiny BASIC and TECO.[2]
At the Personal Computing '76 show in Atlantic City, STM Systems announced a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive priced at $750;[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark (September 1985). "A Microcomputing Timeline". Byte. 10 (9): 183.
- 1 2 3 4 Helmers, Carl T. Jr., ed. (August 1976). "A First Briefcase Computer?". Byte. 1 (12): 122, 124.
Gunter, of STM Systems, dropped by our office to show off some of the latest additions to Baby!
- 1 2 3 "Baby! 1 by STM Systems Inc". Byte (Advertisement). 2 (4): 88. April 1977.
- ↑ "Donald C. Gunter Obituary". Smith & Heald Funeral Home. November 15, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- 1 2 "What's New: Complete System in a Case". Byte. 1 (15): 67. November 1976.
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