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1981 IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution 1981 Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. 1983 Apple Lisa Computer The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The IBM Personal Computer , commonly known as the IBM PC , is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150 , and was introduced on ...
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Pop Quiz: What was the first personal computer? ... No, the 1977 Apple ][ was the first highly successful mass-produced personal computer, but not the first personal computer. Nor was the 1976 Apple 1, which can be considered an Apple ][ prototype since only 200 or so were made.
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An analysis of early computers to see which was the first personal computer. Posted by on February 14, 2006 in Web/Tech Permalink Add to del.icio.us Digg this Comments I thought Eve (from the Adam and Eve) had the first computer. As the sto...
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The IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer was designed in the portholed attic of Watson Lab at Columbia University by John Lentz between 1948 and 1954 as the Personal Automatic Computer (PAC) and announced by IBM as the 610 Auto-Point in 1957¹. The IBM 610 was the first personal computer, in the sense that it was the first...
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The Altair didn't actually do much as a computer. It didn't have a screen or a keyboard or any software. But it filled a hole. It was the very first personal computer to be produced in fairly high quantity.
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The link is to Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute's pop quiz titled "What Was the First Personal Computer". ... My first computer was a TRS-80. I thought I was cool stuff when with a few lines of basic I could make the screen blink different colors. :)
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Allen, employed by Honeywell, and his friend, Gates, a sophomore at Harvard, immediately set out to adapt the first personal computer language for the Altair, called BASIC. They worked in marathon 24-hour sessions to complete a working product, which was then licensed to MITS.
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Personal computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A personal computer ( PC ) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an en...
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