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In March 1976, [[Intel]] announced a single-board computer product that integrated all the support components required for their [[8080]] microprocessor, along with 1 kbyte of RAM, 4 kbytes of user-programmable ROM, and 48 lines of parallel digital I/O with line drivers. The board also offered expansion through a bus connector, but it could be used without an expansion card cage where applications didn't require additional hardware. Software development for this system was hosted on Intel's [[Intellec MDS]] microcomputer development system; this provided assembler and PL/M support, and permitted [[in-circuit emulation]] for debugging.<ref>[http://www.dvq.com/docs/brochures/intel_sbc_80_10.pdf
Processors of this era required a number of support chips in addition. [[RAM]] and [[EPROM]] were separate, often requiring memory management or refresh circuitry for [[Dynamic random access memory|dynamic memory]] as well. I/O processing might be carried out by a single chip such as the [[8255]], but frequently required several more chips.
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