Johnson Computer was an important distributor of KIM-1 products, for MOS Technology, Microsoft and more. Previously they used the name McShane.
It was the firm who brought Microsoft Basic for the KIM-1 to me, see the KIM-1 manuals for their KB-9 document
Documents contributed by Kevin Johnson (of Johnson Computers) via Dave McMurtrie.
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Johnson Computer Ads |
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McShane MOS documents |
See also:
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