Canon Cat [SEP] manufacturer
Canon Cat
The Canon Cat was a task-dedicated, desktop computer released by Canon Inc. in 1987 at a price of . On the surface it was not unlike the dedicated word processors popular in the late 1970s to early 1980s, but it is far more powerful and incorporates many unique ideas for data manipulation.
Description.
The Canon Cat is primarily the creation of Jef Raskin, originator of the Macintosh project at Apple. After leaving the company in 1982, he began designing a new computer closer to his original
the early 1980s that also used Forth
External links.
- DigiBarn Systems: Canon Cat
- OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum: Canon Cat
- CanonCat.org
- Canon Cat Quick Reference Card
- Canon Cat Computer User Manual
- Canon Cat Computer Reference Manual
- Canon Cat Computer Repair Manual
- Promotional Video for Leap and Canon Cat (If broken link: video is titled "Leap Technology")
- SwyftCard Quick Reference Card (for the earlier SwyftCard, giving the Apple II somewhat similar functionality)