Computer Museum at the University of Waterloo : physical object : Commodore SuperPET SP9000 [2016.7.1]

[BLANK]

physical object

Identifier

2016.7.1

Description

A computer with two brains! Look for a small switch on the bottom right. With a flick, you could choose between two computers which shared the keyboard and screen. In the first mode, it was a standard Commodore PET, a popular personal computer that could be used for anything from playing games to word processing. The other SuperPET mode was more powerful, but only had one real purpose: to learn how to program using the Waterloo micro languages (above). The SuperPET was manufactured by BMB Compuscience in Milton, Ontario and sold around the world. Its design was based on the MicroWAT and both were used in computer labs here on campus in the early 1980s.

Related people

Chrisoula Vergis (is documentarian of)
Institute for Computer Research, UW (was donor of)