Micro Computing Machines, Inc.

Corporation · 1971-1982

Identification

Name Micro Computing Machines, Inc.
Type Corporation
Dates of existence 1971-1982
Name variants Kutt Systems Incorporated, MCM Computers Limited

History

Micro Computing Machines, Incorporated was a Canadian computing company founded in 1971 in Toronto, Ontario by Merslau “Mers” Kutt (1933- ). It created what has been called the first microprocessor-based computer designed specifically for personal use: the MCM/70, released in 1973. This was followed by successors: the MCM/700 (1975), MCM/800 (1976), MCM/900 (1977), and MCM/POWER (1980). MCM computers used a unique programming language called APL which was designed to carry out complicated mathematical calculations. This made MCM products well-suited for financial and business use; MCM computer systems were purchased by many businesses and academic institutions across Canada and the United States. Customers included insurance companies, hospitals, the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Despite an excellent engineering team, MCM had initial issues taking the MCM/70 to production -- this was followed by an internal power struggle and the departure of Kutt as president and director in October 1974; Kutt was succeeded by Ted Berg. The company continued to develop and market the MCM/700 and MCM/800 models throughout the 1970s, yet in 1977 Berg stepped down and was replaced by Charles M. Williams, who had previously served as president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard Canada. The name of the company was also changed from Micro Computer Machines, Incorporated to MCM Computers Limited. These successive changes and the constant financial problems, coupled with the rapidly changing computing market and emergence of competitors such as IBM, led to further decline, and Williams was replaced as president by Birnam John Finch Woods in December of 1979. Woods attempted to regain MCM’s footing through sales of the previously released MCM/900 and the new POWER, and attempted a last-chance sale of the company to investors in the United Kingdom. The deal, however, fell through, and in June of 1982, MCM’s creditors executed a foreclosure on the loan, leading to the dissolution of the company.

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