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Instructions · What links here · STM Systems (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 32 days ago by S1873592 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 32 days ago by Dan arndt

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Declined by ChloeDrowssap 32 days ago. Last edited by Dan arndt 32 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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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

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

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

^ Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark (September 1985). "A Microcomputing Timeline". Byte. 10 (9): 183.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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!
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b "What's New: Complete System in a Case". Byte. 1 (15): 67. November 1976.

Category:Defunct computer companies of the United States Category:Microcomputer companies Category:Companies based in New Hampshire Category:American companies established in 1976 Category:American companies disestablished in the 1970s

[Williams1985-1] Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark (September 1985). "A Microcomputing Timeline". Byte. 10 (9): 183.

[Helmers1976-2] 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!

[Baby1Ad-3] "Baby! 1 by STM Systems Inc". Byte (Advertisement). 2 (4): 88. April 1977.

[GunterObit-4] "Donald C. Gunter Obituary". Smith & Heald Funeral Home. November 15, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2026.

[WhatsNew1976-5] "What's New: Complete System in a Case". Byte. 1 (15): 67. November 1976.

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