Company type | formerly: Public Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1975 |
Key people | Owen Hill (Founder) |
| Products | MicroBee Others.. |
Applied Technology was founded by Owen Hill in 1975 in Australia. He was a pioneer producer of home computers that ran CP/M on Zilog Z80 microprocessors.1 Their MicroBee computer (1982) was the first commercial personal computer manufactured in Australia.234 The computers were used by schools in Australia and Sweden and by BMW car dealers in Australia.5
It was later known as Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft.167
Some models of mid-1980s are Applied Technology S100, Micro Bee 32IC, Micro Bee 128K, "Computer in a Book" and the 256TC.6
References
References
- "Applied Technologies / Microbee 32" Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, at the old computers museum
- "The MicroBee Story" Archived April 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Secret of project Granny Smith By Gordon Laing, July 12, 2005 - theage.com.au
- Microbee Greg Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Microbee Dealer Conference, Sydney, 1984, Lincoln Computer Centre
- "Microbee Systems: When Owen Hill Stood Still". Your Computer. February 1986.
- " Applied Technology aka Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft"
- THOMPSON COUPLINGS LIMITED Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, ASIC