MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Heritage Since 1921 Mitsubishi Electric has made history with innovative products that defined a large part of the 20th Century. Here we present a look back at our manufacturing heritage.
 

1981

Filling in a blank notebook: The making of the MULTI 16

Development of the MULTI 16 actually began in 1979, by a team of seven employees recruited from throughout the company. Being the first in an industry that did not fully exist, and since their expertise and skills lie in completely different fields, naturally all the team members were inexperienced with the development and use of personal computers. Starting from scratch, everything from design plans to production organization of the computer needed to be re-thought. What lie ahead was a daunting, and exciting challenge, a challenge the engineers however took as a great opportunity to hopefully discover the very latest technology.