Editing MCM/70 (section)

==Release==
The first complete systems were shipped to dealers in the autumn of 1974. The basic unit, model 720 with an 800&nbsp;[[kilohertz|kHz]] 8008,<ref name="Inc.1980" /> 2&nbsp;KB RAM<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125944/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-10-06/business/0310030724_1_first-memory-chip-system-history "Pc Pioneer Plans Another Try"]. ''Sun Sentinel'', October 6, 2003, Christine Winter</ref> and no cassette drive sold for $4,950 [[Canadian dollar|Canadian]] (at the time the dollar was about equal to the [[United States dollar|US dollar]]).<ref name="Peddie2013">{{cite book|last=Peddie|first=Jon|title=The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6a8_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA178|date=13 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4471-4932-3|pages=178–}}</ref>  The fully equipped model 782 with 8&nbsp;KB and two drives was $9,800, and was the only model that sold well.

At the time, the machine was already officially being called a "personal computer". The first manuals contain a personal note from Kutt to future customers, "But the simplicity of the MCM/70 and its associated computer language…make personal computer use and ownership a reality… Enjoy the privilege of having your own personal computer."<ref name=s12>Stachniak 2011, pg. 12</ref>

The MCM/70 was sold mainly to companies and government institutions with the need to make complex calculations and mathematical analysis.  MCM's customers ranged from hospitals and insurance companies to [[NASA]] and the [[United States Army]].<ref name=Stachniak2003>Zbigniew Stachniak, [http://s3data.computerhistory.org/core/core-2003.pdf "The MCM/70 Microcomputer"], ''CORE 4.1 - The Computer History Museum'', September 2003, pg. 6-12</ref>