r/computercollecting • u/8bitaficionado • 1h ago
Olivetti Programma 101 for auction in Germany
auction-team.deDescription Olivetti Programma 101, c. 1966 1st programmable desktop computer, invented by the Italian engineer Pier Giorgio Perotti and launched at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Transistor control, 240 bytes magnetostrictive delay-line memory, magnetic card reader and writer, paper tape print-out and programming keys. An ergonomically and stylishly designed early computer. Several "Programma 101" computers were sold to NASA and used to plan the Apollo 11 flight. Good untested original condition, with program cards.