Here's the list I keep.  Sorry about the formatting.
Kai
November, 1971	Intel 4004 CPU
1971	Nutting & Associates Computer Space arcade
1972	Atari Pong arcade
1972	Magnavox Odyssey home video game system
November, 1972	Intel 8008 CPU
March, 1974	Scelbi 8H kit appears in QST magazine
April, 1974	Intel 8080 CPU
July, 1974	Mark 8 plans appear in Radio Electronics magazine
August, 1974	Motorola 6800
1974	RCA 1802 CPU
1974	Atari Pong home game
January, 1975	MITS Altair 8800 
September, 1975	IBM 5100 
1975	IMSAI 8080 
1975	Processor Technology Sol
1975	MOS Technology/Commodore KIM-1 
July, 1976	Apple I kit
July, 1976	Zilog Z80 CPU
1976	Fairchild/Zircon Channel F home game
April, 1977	Apple II 
April, 1977	Commodore PET 
August, 1977	Tandy TRS-80 
1977	Atari 2600 VCS home game
1977	RCA Studio II home game
1977	Bally Astrocade home game
1978	Intel 8085 CPU
June, 1978	Intel 8086 CPU
December, 1978	Atari 400/800 s
1978	Taito/Bally/Midway Space Invaders arcade
1978	Magnavox Odyssey2 home game
February, 1979	Intel 8088 CPU
May, 1979	Seattle  Products 8086 S-100 CPU board
May, 1979	Tandy TRS-80 Model II 
June, 1979	Texas Instruments 99/4 
June, 1979	Apple II+ 
September, 1979	Motorola 68000 CPU
1979	Atari Asteroids arcade
1979	Atari Lunar Lander arcade
1979	Mattel Intellivision home game
February, 1980	Sinclair ZX80 
June, 1980	Commodore VIC-20 
July, 1980	Tandy TRS-80 Model III 
July, 1980	Tandy TRS-80 Color  I
September, 1980	Apple III 
1980	Atari Battlezone arcade
1980	Atari Missile Command arcade
1980	Bally/Midway Pac-Man arcade
1980	APF M1000 home game
April, 1981	Osborne 1 
May, 1981	Xerox Star 
August, 1981	IBM PC
1981	Atari Centipede arcade
1981	Nintendo Donkey Kong arcade
November, 1982	Compaq Portable PC
1982	Commodore 64 
1982	Colecovision home game
1982	GCE/Milton Bradley Vectrex home game
1982	Milton Bradley Microvision hand held game
1982	Atari 5200 home game
1982	Emerson Arcadia 2001 home game
January, 1983	Apple Lisa 
January, 1983	Apple Iie 
March, 1983	Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 
April, 1983	Tandy TRS-80 Model 4 
June, 1983	Coleco Adam 
October, 1983	IBM PC-XT
October, 1983	Compaq Portable Plus
December, 1983	Apple III+
1983	Mattel Intellivision II home game
1983	Mattel Aquarius
January, 1984	Apple Macintosh
February, 1984	IBM Portable PC
March, 1984	IBM PCjr
April, 1984	Apple IIc
June, 1984	Compaq DeskPro
August, 1984	IBM PC-AT
September, 1984	Tandy 1000
1984	Motorola 68010 CPU
1984	Intel 80186 CPU
1984	Intel 80286 CPU
January, 1985	Commodore 128
January, 1985	Atari 520ST
January, 1985	Atari XE
January, 1985	Apple Macintosh XL
April, 1985	Compaq DeskPro 286
April, 1985	Compaq Portable 286
July, 1985	Commodore Amiga 1000
1985	Nintendo Entertainment System
January, 1986	Apple Macintosh Plus
February, 1986	Compaq Portable II
April, 1986	IBM PC Convertible
August, 1986	Intel 80386 CPU
September, 1986	Compaq DeskPro 386
September, 1986	IBM PC-XT 286
1986	Sega Master System home game
1986	Atari 7800
March, 1987	Apple Macintosh II
April, 1987	IBM PS/2
October, 1987	Compaq Portable 386
1987	Motorola 68030 CPU
> ----------
> From: 	e.tedeschi
> Reply To: 	classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> Sent: 	Friday, June 27, 1997 4:39 AM
> To: 	Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: 	which month?
> 
> I wonder if anybody here has the *exact* months of introduction of the
> 
> three first *real* home computers introduced in 1977:
> 
> a) the Apple II
> b) the Tandy TRS-80
> c) the Commodore Pet
> 
> I need them for a book on collecting home computers I am researching 
> for.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> enrico
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