Applied Technology
title: "Applied Technology" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-computer-companies-of-australia", "defunct-computer-hardware-companies", "home-computer-hardware-companies", "defunct-technology-companies-of-australia", "computer-companies-established-in-1975"] topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Technology" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Applied Technology |
| type | formerly: Public Company |
| successor | |
| foundation | 1975 |
| industry | Computer hardware |
| key_people | Owen Hill (Founder) |
| products | MicroBee |
| Others.. | |
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| subsid | |
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| name = Applied Technology | logo = | type = formerly: Public Company | fate = | successor = | foundation = 1975 | defunct = | location = | industry = Computer hardware | key_people = Owen Hill (Founder) | products = MicroBee Others.. | num_employees = | parent = | subsid =
Applied Technology was founded by Owen Hill in 1975 in Australia. He was a pioneer producer of home computers that ran CP/M on Zilog Z80 microprocessors. Their MicroBee computer (1982) was the first commercial personal computer manufactured in Australia. The computers were used by schools in Australia and Sweden and by BMW car dealers in Australia.
It was later known as Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft.
Some models of mid-1980s are Applied Technology S100, Micro Bee 32IC, Micro Bee 128K, "Computer in a Book" and the 256TC.
Product line
Computers
(listed chronologically)
- Applied Technology S100 System (Kit) - (approx 1978)
- Microbee (Original kit form) - (Feb 1982)
- Microbee 32 - 1982
- Computer in a Book - 1985
- Microbee 128 - 1984
--- need years still --
- Microbee 64
- PC85
- B-ETI
- Microbee Series 2
- Microbee Student Station
- Microbee Starnet Workstation
- Microbee Series 3
- Teleterm
- 256TC
- Matilda
Prototypes
- Prototype 128k
- Prototype "128TC"
- Gamma
Peripherals
- Beethoven
- BeeTalker
- BeeModem
- BeeNet Interface
- Experimenter Board
- Microbee 5.25" Disk System
- Microbee 3.5" Disk System
- Microbee Hard Disk System
- Microbee Printer
- Microbee Monitors
Software
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References
References
- link. (2008-01-01 , at the old computers museum)
- [http://web.aanet.com.au/image/oznaki/microbee.html "The MicroBee Story"] {{webarchive. link. (April 16, 2010)
- [http://www.theage.com.au/news/next/secret-of-project-granny-smith/2005/07/11/1120934156894.html Secret of project Granny Smith] By Gordon Laing, July 12, 2005 - theage.com.au
- [http://www.lcc.com.au/greg/faces/microbeegreg.htm Microbee Greg] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-09-14 Microbee Dealer Conference, Sydney, 1984, Lincoln Computer Centre)
- (February 1986). "Microbee Systems: When Owen Hill Stood Still". Your Computer.
- link. (2016-03-03 , ASIC)
- [http://www.thepcmuseum.com/appliedtechnology/ " Applied Technology aka Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft"]
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