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Intel began to create support for this programmable chip, the 8008. An employee of Intel, Adam Osborne, was given the assignment of writing manuals for the programming language for the 8008. Osborne later became important in the development of the personal computer for bringing about creation of the first portable computer;
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www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/pc.htm
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Chronology of Personal Computers: timeline of events tracing the history of personal computers, from the late 1960s to date. ... An advertisement in Science magazine by Hewlett-Packard introduces first programmable scientific desktop calculator, which Hewlett-Packard calls "the new Hewlett-Packard 911A personal computer".
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www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
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Unfortunately for computer history buffs, the Altair is often mistakenly called the first personal computer by Microsoft-loving journalists who don't know any better.
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www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml
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1979 - CompuServe begins a service to computer hobbyists called MicroNET, offering bulletin boards, databases, and games ... This day in history ... Computer list-
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www.fortunecity.com/marina/reach/435/
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History of personal computers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A personal computer is intended for individual use, as opposed to a mainframe where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time sharing system in which one large processor ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers
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Identifying the first-ever "personal computer" is a tricky business. It depends on how one chooses to define a personal computer. Is it a computer designed for home use, or simply a computer intended for a single user?
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www.computer-museum.org/exhibits/pccomeshome/pc01.html
www.computer-museum.org/exhibits/pccomeshome/pc01.html
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History Of The Computer; "Nerds" are not a recent phenomenon. It took many years and many nerds to get where we are today. Check out a brief timeline outlining the history of the personal computer and the people that shaped it...
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Chapter 1: Development of the Computer ... Chapter 2: Personal Computing in the 1960's ... Appendix A: Some Technical Details of Various Personal Computers...
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www.retrocomputing.net/info/allan/
www.retrocomputing.net/info/allan/
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Calculator Reference, Research Page; Chronology of Computer History (cyberstreet.com); Chronology of Personal Computers (Ken Polsson); Computing Science, History of; Computers: From the Past to the Present;
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www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
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