Wave Mate (Gardena, Calif.)

While most of its competitors offered bare-bones systems at an affordable price, Wave Mate decided to sell the Jupiter II fully decked out. Its customers got a much more functional system, but at a much higher price.

Wave Mate Jupiter II/Jupiter IIC (1975, early micro)
Original Retail Price: $1,225 kit, $1,885 assembled
Base Configuration: 6800 CPU, 8K RAM, RS-232 port, BASIC and programming utilities in ROM, power supply, backplane, rack-mount cage, front panel
Important Options: RS-232C conversion kit

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