Southwest Technical Products Corporation, or SWTPC, was an American producer of electronic kits, and later complete computer systems.
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11 Facts About SWTPC
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In 1990, SWTPC became Point Systems, before ceasing a few years later.
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SWTPC soon started selling kits for other authors such as Don Lancaster and Louis Garner.
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Between 1967 and 1971, SWTPC sold kits for over 50 Popular Electronics articles.
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In 1972, SWTPC had a large enough collection of kits to justify printing a 32-page catalog.
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In January 1975, SWTPC introduced a computer terminal kit, the "TV Typewriter", or CT-1024.
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Around 1987, SWTPC moved to selling point of sale computer systems, eventually changing its name to Point Systems.
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When microprocessors became available, SWTPC became one of the first suppliers of microcomputers to the general public, focusing on designs using the Motorola 6800 and, later, the 6809 CPUs.
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Many of SWTPC's products, including the 6800 microcomputer, were available in kit form.
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SWTPC designed one of the first affordable printers available for microcomputer users; it was based on a receipt printer mechanism.
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SWTPC later expanded the language to 4K, adding support for floating point; this implementation was unique among BASIC interpreters by using Binary Coded Decimal to 9 digits of precision, with a range up to 10E99.
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