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The SuperPET

SuperPET: The last in the series was the SP9000, known as the SuperPET or MicroMainframe.

This machine was designed at the University of Waterloo for teaching programming.

In addition to the basic PET 8032 hardware, the 9000 added a second CPU in the form of the Motorola 6809, more RAM and included a number of programming languages including BASIC in ROM for the 6502 and APL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal  and a 6809 assembler on floppies for the 6809.

It also included a terminal program which allowed the machine to be used as a "smart terminal" as well, so this single machine could replace many of the boxes currently in use at the university.

Additionally this machine became a remote development environment where the user could later upload their creation to a mainframe after completing development and testing on the SuperPET.

The SuperPET was the first computer that had two microprocessors.



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