<s>
The	O
Interact	B-Device
Home	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
(	O
also	O
called	O
The	O
Interact	O
Family	O
Computer	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1978	O
American	O
home	O
computer	O
made	O
by	O
Interact	O
Electronics	O
Inc	O
of	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
,	O
Michigan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interact	O
Electronics	O
Inc	O
was	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
that	O
was	O
funded	O
by	O
Hongiman	O
,	O
Miller	O
,	O
Swartz	O
and	O
Cohn	O
,	O
a	O
law	O
firm	O
out	O
of	O
Detroit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ken	O
had	O
started	O
Interact	O
Electronics	O
Inc	O
after	O
founding	O
the	O
successful	O
computer	O
time-sharing	B-General_Concept
company	O
Cyphernetics	O
in	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
ADP	O
in	O
1975	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
sold	O
at	O
Highland	O
Appliance	O
in	O
the	O
Detroit	B-Application
area	O
,	O
Newman	O
Computer	O
Exchange	O
in	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
,	O
and	O
Montgomery	O
Wards	O
in	O
the	O
Houston	O
,	O
TX	O
,	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
did	O
n't	O
with	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
V4.7	O
or	O
EDU-BASIC	O
(	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
computer	O
)	O
could	O
be	O
loaded	O
from	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
mostly	O
a	O
game	O
machine	O
(	O
with	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Showdown	O
,	O
Blackjack	B-Application
and	O
Chess	B-Application
)	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
also	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
programs	O
using	O
the	O
BASIC	O
computer	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
a	O
French	O
company	O
,	O
Lambda	O
Systems	O
,	O
and	O
re-branded	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
"	O
for	O
the	O
French	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
