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A fact from Micro 440 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that David H. Ahl called Comp-Sultants one of the first casualties of the microcomputer revolution?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Comp-Sultants.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 22:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to Byte, Comp-Sultants released the first microcomputer based on the Intel 4040—itself the first successor to the first commercially produced microprocessor? Source: Helmers 1975, p. 89.
- ALT1: ... that David H. Ahl called Comp-Sultants "one of the first casualties" of the microcomputer revolution? Source: "The Micro 440 never caught on, and its manufacturer, Comp-Sultants, was one of the first casualties in the field" (Ahl 1984, p. 32).
- ALT2: ... that to prepare the software for their computers, Comp-Sultants erased EPROMs on the hoods of employees' cars? Source: "Instead, we just put the EPROMs outside, on the hood of someone's car, and let the Sun do the job. Sometimes, the software acted strangely. Do you think maybe a cloud passed over the Sun?" (Crenshaw & Holland 2012, p. 28).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Spacy (film)

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 17:53, 23 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, sourced, no copyright issues besides false-positives on quotes. Far prefer ALT1 among the three given here so request that it is the one promoted to the main page. Minor issue with page numbering in sourcing on ALT1's fact inline remedied. Great job! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:02, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]