It was released on 6 January 1983 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[3][6][7][8] In Germany, the CompuMate was marketed by Quelle, a catalogue company, as the Universum Heimcomputer.

In Brazil (circa 1985), at least two clones of CompuMate were made: the Dactar-Comp by Milmar Electronics, and the CompuGame.

[9] The ComputeMate consists of a membrane keyboard, output interfaces, and read-only internal storage.

[10] The CompuMate has a 3.5-mm phone connector in order to connect a Compact Cassette unit for non-volatile data storage.