So if we set our calendars in 1969, would you like to see the first steps in which kitchen technology was taken?

Moreover, in that period, a “kitchen computer” was developed far beyond the period. What did this computer do?

In 1969, Honeywell launched his H316 kitchen computer.

The use of computers in the housing in that period was a very distant and strange innovation for a computer for the kitchen. Computers, which are now far away from daily life, were used just in industrial, scientific and commercial areas as large and valuable machines. However, Honeywell introduced the new H316 model by breaking the memorization.

Honeywell H316 was actually a miniature version of a computer, which carries the basic building blocks of a computer. It was also very different in terms of design. The original H316 was a device that could be placed on the rack-mountable. However, the company has produced desktop and pedestal versions as a marketing strategy. The pedestalli version was introduced as a “kitchen computer”.

In 1969, the model took part in the famous Christmas Catalog of Neiman Marcus.

Produced as a contemporary touch to the kitchens, Honeywell was designed to be used in contemporary kitchens. The computer’s absorption was to give food definitions. Moreover, the device, which resembles a coffee table with its size, weighed about 52 kg. So it seems to be not a very practical device…

The price of the device was $ 10,600, which means almost twice the average annual income of that period. This work, which you understand, was developed for individuals who were very suitable for their financial situation.

The purpose of the kitchen computer was to store food definitions in a digital environment and to give the definition when selected.

In fact, he had a work that aims to perform the task of the book of Food Description in digital sense. The device had only 4KB memory and gave the user information through lights. As these lights were flashing, users were trying to “read” the definitions. In other words, as in today’s technology, there were no texts written on the screen.

The introduction of this kitchen computer can be valued as an advertising strategy rather than use. In the late 1960s, Neiman Marcus adopted a marketing approach that aimed to attract attention with high -priced and unusual works. In 1969, the catalog, where this device was introduced, was a platform where such works were presented in the middle. Honeywell’s kitchen computer symbolized a rich and luxurious life style with other extraordinary works in the one -to -one catalog.

The aim of these works was to draw attention through luxury works rather than creating a real market demand.

Honeywell adopted the strategy with his “kitchen computer”. This computer managed to attract people’s attention and made his name on Neiman Marcus’s catalogs. But this non -functional computer did not see as much demand as I was wondering.

Perhaps it is a project that paved the way for individual use of computers, but Honeywell H316 has made its name as a innovation that does not appeal to people much. This device, which has a very low number of examples, is exhibited in the Computer Historical Museum and has become a valuable symbol for retro computer enthusiasts.

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