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==Development==
Through his acquaintance with [[Intel]] founder [[Robert Noyce]], Kutt had been following Intel's work on the 1201, an [[8-bit computing|8-bit]] microprocessor later renamed the [[Intel 8008]].  The processor was scheduled to be complete in late 1971, but its release was delayed until spring. In December 1971, Kutt incorporated a technology development company, Kutt Systems. He signed an agreement with Intel to supply an [[Intel 4004]], a SIM4- 01 development system, supporting chips from the [[Intel 4004#The 4004 and the MCS-4 family|MCS-4 chipset]], and an MP7-01 [[EPROM]] programmer to his new company. This equipment was used for early development work until the 8008 was available.<ref name=s9/>

Kutt hired programmer Gord Ramer, and the two began work on developing Kutt's concept. In May 1972, Kutt Systems received one of the earliest SIM8-01 kits. The team, now including hardware engineer José Laraya, software engineer André Arpin, and two APL programmers, Don Genner and Morgan Smyth, started to build what was then termed the ''M/C'', for ''microcomputer''. By then, the design had expanded to include a complete keyboard, a ''[[Chiclet keyboard|chiclet]]'' design similar to the ones used on early models of the [[Commodore PET]], and a Burroughs Self-Scan 32-character display.<ref name=s9/> Unlike the earlier ''Key-Edit'' system, the M/C would allow entering and executing APL programs.

Dissatisfied with the SIM8 equipment, the Kutt Systems staff built a motherboard from scratch, including an Omniport, an 8008-[[expansion bus]]. Meanwhile, work on porting an APL interpreter to the system continued, using an 8008 emulator written in [[Fortran]] named ''[[INTERP/8]]''. The system, mocked up in [[breadboard]] form, was first displayed publicly on 11 November 1972 at the Kutt offices in [[Kingston, Ontario]].<ref name=s10>Stachniak 2011, pg. 10</ref> In May 1973, the same system was shown at the APL Users’ Conference in Toronto, now encased in [[fibreglass]].<ref name=s11>Stachniak 2011, pg. 11</ref> The completed design, in its new [[Injection moulding|injection moulded]] case, was demonstrated for the press on 25 September 1973.<ref name=s6>Stachniak 2011, pg. 6</ref>