Microcomputer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A microcomputer is a computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit. Another general characteristic of these computers is that they occupy physically small amounts of space when compa...
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[Jun99] 25 Years since the first Microcomputer - the Altair ... It is only 25 years since the microcomputer revolution began. I at 28 have grown up with it. I am now going to give you a brief history of the first microcomputer which was actually invented by electronics people.
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www.colonization.biz/me/altair.htm
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1975: Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" designed the first microcomputer, the Altair 8800, which was produced by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). The same year, two young hackers, William Gates and P...
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Computer History question: What was the first microcomputer operating system? it started with the 4004 chip from Intel in 1970. the first OS was unnamed. ... Was DOS the first microcomputer operating system? What is the first microcomputer operating system? What is the most common type microcomputer system? What are the...
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The first microcomputer in the Genetics Department ... The first microcomputer in our Department was a Processor Technology SOL-20, purchased by Joe Felsenstein (out of his own pocket for about $2000) in November of 1977. It had 16K of RAM, no disks, and took its input from a cassette tape recorder.
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www.gs.washington.edu/news/history/sol20.html
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1975: Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" designed the first microcomputer, the Altair 8800, which was produced by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). The same year, two young hackers, William Gates and Paul Allen approached MITS and promised to deliver a BASIC compiler.
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tdi.uregina.ca/~complit/comphist.htm
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Andre Thi Truong, the inventor of the microcomputer, has established another milestone by being the first to debut an NC. He talks to Wired News about the yesterdays and tomorrows of computing. ... Nobody has really contested that the Micral was the first microcomputer. In 1986, The Boston Computer Museum held a contest...
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www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1997/09/6850
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Kenbak-1; Micral; and Altair 8800. ... The first non-kit computer based on a microprocessor (the Intel 8008). Built in France, the Micral is advertised in the U.S., but is not successful there. The term "microcomputer" first appears in print, in reference to the Micral.
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www.angelfire.com/pq/pcmuseum/altair1.html
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In 1979, MTU started writing our own Channel Oriented Disc Operating System (CODOS) to run on a 6502 microcomputer. In September 1981 we shipped the first MTU-130 Microcomputer Workstation for audio and data acquisition. ... About MTU Founders First Microcomputer Product History DAW Paradigms DAW Evolution...
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www.mtu.com/support/mtucomputers.htm
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