Editing Micro-Professor MPF-I (section)

==History==
In 1981 Multitech released the Micro-Professor MPF-I, a [[Zilog Z80]] microprocessor development board enclosed in a [[vacuum forming|vacuum formed]] plastic bookcase for storage on a bookshelf. Later in 1981 Multitech introduced a Tiny-Basic for the MPF-1. The Monitor and Basic fitted into one 4&nbsp;KB ROM, replacing the 2&nbsp;KB monitor-only ROM. This configuration was marketed as the MPF-1B. As from this moment, the original Micro-Professor was marketed as MPF-1A.

In 1984, Multitech introduced the MPF-1P or MPF-Plus, a successor to the MPF-1 with the same form factor. It featured a single line 20-digit, 14-segment [[vacuum fluorescent display|fluorescent display]] and a click-type [[QWERTY]] keyboard. It had the same expansion connector as the MPF-1 (strictly a Z80-CPU pin-header), so several of the MPF-1 expansion boards could be used on the MPF-1P. It was more a [[BASIC]] computer than the MPF-1, with an [[Assembly_language#Assembler|assembler]] and [[disassembler]] as part of the 8&nbsp;KB firmware. The MPF-1P featured 4&nbsp;KB [[static RAM]], with optional battery backup.

1985 saw the release of the MPF-I/88, the last product in the MPF-I line. It was an [[Intel 8088]]-based single board computer with a two-line [[LCD screen]]. Multitech was renamed Acer Inc. in 1987.

On 24 February 1993, Acer sold the Micro-Professor MPF-I product line to Flite Electronics International Limited, an international distributor for Acer based in [[Southampton]], England. Flite is still{{When|date=April 2024}} manufacturing small batches of the MPF1B at a sub-contract manufacturing facility in [[Havant]], England.