| Applied Technology | |
| Type: | formerly: Public Company |
| Foundation: | 1975 |
| Industry: | Computer hardware |
| Key People: | Owen Hill (Founder) |
| Products: | MicroBee Others.. |
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.[1] Their MicroBee computer (1982) was the first commercial personal computer manufactured in Australia.[2] [3] [4] The computers were used by schools in Australia and Sweden and by BMW car dealers in Australia.[5]
It was later known as Microbee Systems, Microworld and Honeysoft.[1] [6]
Some models of mid-1980s are Applied Technology S100, Micro Bee 32IC, Micro Bee 128K, "Computer in a Book" and the 256TC.[7]