Micro-Professor MPF-I (Multitech)
- Date
- 1981 · confidence medium
- Place
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Credited to
- Multitech (now Acer), Stan Shih
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
An educational single-board microcomputer with a Z80 processor and hex keypad, sold in Asia and the West for learning programming. It was the first successful computer product of the company that would become Acer.
Multitech was founded in 1976 and renamed Acer in 1987. The MPF-I's launch date varies somewhat between sources (1981-1982).
What it led to
- Multitech and later Acer as a personal-computer maker
- Taiwan's personal-computer industry
- training of Taiwanese engineers in microprocessors