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The MITS Altair was the first 8080 based kit microcomputer. ... The Apple II was the first true"personal computer" it was factory built, in-expensive and easy to learn and use. Provided with the most extensive set of software and low cost floppy disks, the Apple II was also the first personal computer capable of...
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He even got press coverage_ no mean feat in a show where the new SOL computer was introduced, where the Altair B dominated the largest booth, ... In the Apple II users, we saw a different type of enthusiast. The Apple users did not mix very well with the S-100 users, just as there is a division between the Mac users and the...
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www.pc-history.org/apple.htm
www.pc-history.org/apple.htm
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The Altair is described as having "256 eight-bit words" of RAM. Apparently, the term "byte" was not in common use yet. <3> Gene Smarte and Andrew Reinhardt, "15 Years of Bits, Bytes, and Other Great Moments", BYTE, September 1990, pp. 370-371. This is the ENTIRE series of articles that make up the Apple II History.
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www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/apple2history.html
www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/apple2history.html
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The first widely available personal computer was the Altair, ... While the Apple I was still available, Wozniak began to design the Apple II. His vision was a computer very similar to the Apple I, but with support for a color display, sound, and greater expandability. He hoped to build a computer fit to run Breakout.
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lowendmac.com/orchard/05/origin-apple-ii-computer.html
lowendmac.com/orchard/05/origin-apple-ii-computer.html
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"This was a transition period," said Ismail, "when computers were trying to become consumer appliances—and the Apple II was leaps ahead of what came out in previous years, like the Altair 880." ... EWEEK RSS NEWS FEEDS contain a daily feed of our latest stories from over 30 different categories including Enterprise Apps,
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www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-II-Marks...
www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-II-Marks-30-Years-as-PC-Breakthrough/
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Introduced in 1979, the Apple ][ Plus was Apple's third machine released, after the Apple I and Apple ][. The Plus was virtually identical to the standard Apple ][ model, but it had a different ROM monitor and a floating point BASIC. ... i have an apple II with monitor and printer all in working condition. i would sell it...
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www.vintage-computer.com/apple_ii_plus.shtml
www.vintage-computer.com/apple_ii_plus.shtml
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An Apple II+ in a different case. PAL video output connector (Black and White). Different logo on the case. Sold in countries that use the PAL video standard rather than the NTSC standard that we use. ... Z80 based Radio Shack TRS-80 $600; Altair 8800...
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www.kamermanconsulting.com/Museum.htm
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History of computing hardware (1960s–present) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid state devices such as the transistor and later the integrated circuit. By 1959 discrete trans...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_(19...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_(1960s–present)
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TAGS: features, Commodore 64, retrospective, ibm pc, gallery, old pcs, dos, computer history museum, altair, alto ... The reasons may be different all the time but the result is the same. ... I don't know if this is funny, ridiculous, or just plain sad, but putting Apple I, II, III, and so on, you might as well have put the VIC-20,
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www.maximumpc.com/article/features/dawn_personal_comput...
www.maximumpc.com/article/features/dawn_personal_computer_altair_ibm_pc
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