History of personal computers

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lowercase video terminal, printer, and high-level languages". The author reported that when he needed to purchase such a computer quickly he did so at a local store for $ 6000 in cash, and cited it as an example of "what the state of the art is at present ... as a mass-produced product". By early that year Radio Shack, Commodore, and Apple manufactured the vast majority of the one half-million microcomputers that existed. As component prices continued to fall, many companies entered the computer business. This led to an explosion of low-cost machines known as home computers that sold millions of units before the market imploded in a

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feel. The user would have to learn how to use each title separately as opposed to intuitively understanding it. There were also no standards or consistency in the types of pointing device supported and a particular brand of mouse may or may not work. The rise of GUI based operating systems would bring consistency to the user experience and also deliver a toolbox of useful library routines for software to draw upon. Each individual software title would no longer have to code the routines necessary to draw a window or fonts in varying sizes.

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individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. After the development of the microprocessor, individual personal computers were low enough in cost that they eventually became affordable consumer goods. Early personal computers – generally called microcomputers – were sold often in electronic kit form and in limited numbers, and were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians.

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business leading to a proliferation of tiny brands that came and went amongst the much larger names. IBM's pricing was undercut to the point where they were no longer the significant force in development, leaving only the PC standard they had established. Microsoft was however left in a strong commercial position, being a supplier to most of the clones and would begin offering OEM versions of MS-DOS aimed at small-scale system builders as opposed to larger companies in 1986.

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and Expansion Interface (spontaneous reboots) and keyboard bounce (keystrokes would randomly repeat), and the earliest versions of TRSDOS similarly had technical troubles. Though these issues were quickly or eventually resolved, the computer suffered in some quarters from a reputation for poor build quality. Nevertheless, all the early microcomputer manufacturers experienced similar difficulties. Since the

4085: 3256: 1454: 1445:. When initially switched on, a computer needs to understand how to read its initial program (such as an operating system) from disk. The earliest machines did not contain the relevant software to do this and the machine would do nothing at all when initially powered on. A simple program informing the machine how to read a larger program from attached storage could be entered on the front panel. 2824:, a continuous loop tape system intended to have performance sitting somewhere between disk and cassette but at a lower price than a disk drive. The QL was not a commercial success, in part due to issues with reliability but also the ascent of the IBM PC in business with which it was not compatible. Production had been discontinued by 1985. The same technology was subsequently re-used in the 3707:, which was suggested by Nicholson, and would be central to the graphical performance of the Amiga. This was a chip for moving blocks of data at high speed and could also concurrently modify and combine blocks in various ways. This allowed regions of graphics to be copied very rapidly around the display without the involvement of the CPU. The concept wasn't new, it originally came from the 2296: 2581: 3338:. Digital Research accepted this deal believing the market would choose their version given the large existing base of software support. However, IBM offered PC-DOS at only $ 40 but CP/M-86 was marketed at $ 240, which made the latter uncompetitive and porting software to PC-DOS was not difficult. Digital Research would later return to compete with MS-DOS in form of the compatible 1615:(O/S) was an optional extra for personal computers. It was common to run software directly on the machine with no O/S loaded at all. An application would load from disk or tape and then when a different application was required, the machine would be reset and a different disk inserted. Particularly, games software would operate in this way to reclaim the memory that the O/S used. 2116:

internal architecture of the machines is not usually dissimilar and games consoles can almost always in theory be used as a general purpose personal computer with the addition of relevant software and peripherals. In fact a few later games consoles would be essentially identical to released models of personal computers but just presented in a different format. The 1990 Commodore

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uptake to only the enthusiast market. Assembling a kit computer necessitated soldering skills, the ability to identify electronic components, access to test equipment and fault finding knowledge. The kit format though enabled small organisations with no manufacturing facility or experience to release a machine with little capital required and low commercial risk.

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peripherals to raise money for the new venture. By 1983 Amiga were running out of money and approached Atari for extra financing, which was agreed. By 1984 Atari was losing money and Amiga had a clause in their contract with Atari that they could buy-out control of the machine for half a million dollars. Commodore was looking for a new design to replace the

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entirely different personal computers would emerge with incompatible hardware and it was helpful to have a unified platform where software could be written once and would run across all of them. As the cost of memory fell, demand would increase to have more than one program loaded simultaneously. An operating system would help solve these problems.

3309:, who was already providing a BASIC interpreter amongst other software for the PC. CP/M was a popular and widely supported operating system for personal computers at the time and would not have been an unexpected choice for the IBM machine. A long standing industry myth persists that IBM were unable to negotiate a non-disclosure agreement with 1230:, realised the design would be too expensive. He suggested combining the multiple CPU chips requested by Busicom into a single chip (a technique which generally reduces product cost because there are fixed costs associated with producing each individual device) and also reducing the complexity. This design was later improved by 4271:

business applications were not natively available and developer interest in the platform waned. The capability of RISC OS to run entirely from ROM and the use of a low power CPU made it suited for embedded applications. RISC OS was used in a number of products independently of the Risc PC hardware, such as in the Oracle

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business personal computer. Consequently, a workstation is usually more expensive and is marketed towards high-end professional use cases. Workstations are often aimed at very specific market niches such as scientific computing or graphics production that have requirements not fulfilled by mainstream business machines.

683:. This meant that they were still large and difficult to manufacture just like their mainframe predecessors. After the "computer-on-a-chip" was commercialized, the cost to manufacture a computer system dropped dramatically. The arithmetic, logic, and control functions that previously occupied several costly 1425:, consisting of LEDs and toggle switches, was a distinctive feature of many 1970s personal computers that is not usually seen on modern machines. The panel could be used to enter programs into the machine, but the process is particularly laborious. A memory address can be set on the toggle switches in 4014:

In subsequent years specialist workstation vendors declined as the performance of commodity PCs strengthened and became viable in the niches workstations would traditionally occupy. Personal computers described as workstations became more likely to be based around the standard PC architecture and use

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are a class of personal computer. The term workstation is a marketing moniker used to differentiate a personal computer from competing products. There is no strict technical definition as to what comprises a workstation other than it will usually be expected to have higher performance than an average

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emerged around June 1984 (derived from the earlier W windowing environment). At the time, Unix personal computers were not commonly encountered by the general public, being mostly in the form of very expensive workstations found in academia and specialist applications. X Window System continued to be

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A large number of other companies would release clones. Through the 1980s sources for every component of an IBM PC gradually became available at retail such that they could just be slotted together without any electronics production being needed. Any organisation of any size could now be in the clone

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The marketing might of IBM made the PC platform an attractive prospect for clone makers as it would likely have significant success and other manufacturers could potentially take a slice of the sales. The idea of cloning computers was not new and the IBM was not the only platform that was a target of

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Texas Instruments, at the time the world's largest chip manufacturer, decided to enter the home computer market with the TI-99/4. The first home computer designed around a 16-bit microprocessor, its specs on paper were far ahead of the competition, and Texas Instruments had enormous cash reserves and

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for printers. With the (later) LDOS operating system, double-sided 80-track floppy drives were supported, and features such as Disk Basic with support for overlays and suspended/background programs, device independent data redirection, Job Control Language (batch processing), flexible backup and file

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had approached Intel in 1969 for a set of several separate chips to implement a CPU for their calculator products. They had the idea of building the calculator from a standardised general purpose computer that they could re-program to implement different models for use in different markets. According

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to develop a single-chip solution with similar functionality. In the end, the chip did not meet CTC's requirements and was not used. A deal was made that in return for not charging CTC for the development work, Intel could instead sell the processor as their own product (along with the supporting ICs

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was amongst its first owners. Built without integrated circuits or microprocessors, it used only transistors, resistors and condensers for its processing, the Programma 101 had features found in modern personal computers, such as memory, keyboard, printing unit, magnetic card reader/recorder, control

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as the 610 Auto-Point in 1957. The machine consisted of a large cabinet but could fit in a conventional office and required no specialist arrangements for air conditioning or power. It was intended to be used by only one operator and was symbolically programmable using a keyboard. With a price tag of

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While these designs were being developed, the Trinity machines hit the market with considerable fanfare. Atari's management decided to change their work to a home computer system instead. Their knowledge of the home market through the VCS resulted in machines that were almost indestructible and just

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was available through most of the history of the widely available personal computer and some form of floppy disk interface could usually be found for most machines. However, the peripherals were initially expensive, often costing as much as or significantly more than the computer itself. The cost of

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released in 1976 and later rebranded as a Commodore product. These were not kits intended to be general purpose personal computers but instead would demonstrate the basics of computer programming and hardware to enthusiasts, hobbyists and commercial users. Educational kits would include only limited

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magazine in 1973. The device was not a computer but demonstrated how many techniques that would shortly become standard features of personal computers could be implemented at an affordable price. The device showed how characters could be typed on a keyboard, rendered on a domestic television set and

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with or without a selection of parts, to partially completed boards with some components soldered. Through kits, personal computers were now in theory easily available to the general public but in practice some considerable expertise was required to construct and use these products, which restricted

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Development of the single-chip microprocessor was the gateway to the popularization of cheap, easy to use, and truly personal computers. In the mid to late 1970s, interest was gaining momentum amongst hobbyists around the idea that it was now becoming economically feasible for an individual to own a

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The Micral N ran at 500 kHz, included 16 KB of memory and sold for 8500 Francs. A bus, called Pluribus, was introduced that allowed connection of up to 14 boards. Boards for digital I/O, analog I/O, memory, floppy disk were available from R2E. The Micral operating system was initially called Sysmic,

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With only 256 bytes of memory, an 8-bit word size, input and output restricted to lights and switches, and no apparent way to extend its power, the Kenbak-1 was most useful for learning the principles of programming but not capable of running application programs. Interestingly, 256 bytes of memory,

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Despite its size, the LINC had the nascent characteristics of a personal computer, being one of the first machines specifically intended to serve a single user as opposed to being a shared resource. Machines of the day were most usually extremely large fixed installations. The LINC was (just barely)

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first produced in 1962 at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. The machine was intended for use in biomedical research applications. The LINC consisted of a large unit that could fit on a desk with keyboard input and a monitor screen constructed from an oscilloscope, although it required a second chassis about

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sold remarkably well even though initial memory size was limited to a few hundred bytes and there was no software available. However, the Altair kit was much less costly than an Intel development system of the time and so was purchased by companies interested in developing microprocessor control for

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Prior to around the year 2000, it was common for workstations to be based around a unique bespoke architecture and the machines would be quite distinctive relative to PCs typically seen in business or the home. It was not uncommon for workstation vendors to produce their own CPUs with architectures

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computer (1984), but was popularised by the Amiga. The blitter was used to effect in a 1984 Amiga industry demo featuring a pseudo-3D rotating checkered ball, later to be known as the "boing ball" and would become associated with the Amiga brand. The fluidity of motion of a graphic of that size had

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Although the PC and XT included a version of the BASIC language in read-only memory, most were purchased with disk drives and run with an operating system, the most popular of which was the Microsoft supplied PC-DOS. Microsoft had retained the rights to re-sell PC-DOS separately to the IBM PC. When

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Competitors also reduced prices in response to Commodore. The Atari 800's price in July was $ 165, and by the time Texas Instruments was ready in 1983 to introduce the 99/2 computer (designed to sell for $ 99) and the TI-99/4A sold for $ 99 in June. The 99/4A had sold for $ 400 in the fall of 1982,

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led Sinclair Research into financial difficulties in 1985. A year later Sinclair sold the rights to the computer products to Amstrad. Four further models in the Spectrum range would be released by Amstrad using the Sinclair brand name. The ZX Spectrum +2 included an integrated tape recorder and the

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in January 1980 announced in an editorial that "the era of off-the-shelf personal computers has arrived". The magazine stated that "a desirable contemporary personal computer has 64 K of memory, about 500 K bytes of mass storage on line, any old competently designed computer architecture, upper and

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first instead of the Apple II. VisiCorp owned four Commodore PET machines but had decided to try the Apple II market and purchased a single machine. In a twist of fate that may have changed the course of personal computer history, at the exact moment Dan Bricklin arrived, there was no PET available

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processor clocked at 1.77 MHz (later specimens shipped with the Z80A). The basic model originally shipped with 4 KB of RAM and Level 1 BASIC produced in-house. RAM in the first 4 KB machines was upgradeable to 16 KB and Level 2 Microsoft BASIC, which became the standard basic configuration. An

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By the end of the 1980s the cost of a disk drive had fallen to prices that fell within the budget of even the most cost conscious buyer and computer memories had exceeded the entire capacity of audio cassettes. Tape use consequently declined as a primary storage medium. Tape technology continued to

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computer (released in 1976) would correct many of these deficiencies and assemble the required parts into a finished unit. The machine placed an entire S-100 system including QWERTY keyboard, CPU, display card, memory and ports into a convenient single box. The systems were packaged with a cassette

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magazine article in the January 1975 issue (published in late 1974). In keeping with MITS' earlier projects, the Altair was sold in kit form, although a relatively complex one consisting of four circuit boards and many parts. Priced at only $ 400, the Altair tapped into pent-up demand and surprised

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Disk drives were relatively complicated to control and it was helpful for cross-compatibility between business software for files to always be written in the same way by each piece of software. The user would also need a suite of tools to copy, rename and move files between disks. A large number of

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In May 2022, Chinese officials ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to remove personal computers produced by American corporations and replace them with equipment from domestic companies. The state-mandated order is expected to result in the removal of about 50 million computers,

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It was commonplace for individual software releases to feature elements of a GUI in the 1980s without requiring any specific GUI based operating system to be installed. Many programs used a mouse and had menus and icons but each program would have its own style and there was no consistent look and

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was a range of computers first released in 1985 by Commodore with high performance graphics and audio capabilities. The machines found particular success as gaming platforms and also in video production. The Amiga achieved popularity in several European countries in the late 1980s and early 1990s,

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operating system but IBM were uninterested. Kildall then offered CP/M-86 but negotiations encountered difficulties when IBM demanded a flat licensing fee of $ 250,000 without a royalty. Digital Research more conventionally offered a deal of $ 10 per copy. Kildall was concerned about alienating the

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The Model I could not meet FCC regulations on radio interference due to its plastic case and exterior cables. Apple resolved the issue with an interior metallic foil but the solution would not work for Tandy with the Model I. The Model I also suffered from problems with its cabling between its CPU

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were very expensive peripherals and the front panel represented a cheap way to interact with the computer that could be supplied with the machine as standard. A hobbyist could then immediately make some use of their new purchase out of the box. Additionally, the front panel would often be used for

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in the early 1970s, computers were generally large, costly systems owned by large corporations, universities, government agencies, and similar-sized institutions. End users generally did not directly interact with the machine, but instead would prepare tasks for the computer on off-line equipment,

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in March 2005, and completed in May 2005. IBM will have a 19% stake in Lenovo, which will move its headquarters to New York State and appoint an IBM executive as its chief executive officer. The company will retain the right to use certain IBM brand names for an initial period of five years. As a

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and other peripheral devices. By the early 21st century, all shipping computers for the consumer market included at least two USB ports. Also during the late 1990s DVD players started appearing on high-end, usually more expensive, desktop and laptop computers, and eventually on consumer computers

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range of PCs. OS/2 was released in 1987 and gained a GUI with version 1.1 in 1988. It would later become known as OS/2 Warp. Microsoft and IBM had ended their collaboration on the project by 1992 due to a commercial dispute and Microsoft had shifted focus to their own MS Windows platform. With MS

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who had also worked on the graphics chip for the same machines. They formed Hi-Toro corporation to develop the new console, later to be renamed Amiga. Kaplan and Neubauer would drop out and be replaced by Ron Nicholson from Apple and Joe Decuir who had worked for Atari. They first sold a range of

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microprocessor, the Macintosh included many of the Lisa's features at a price of US$ 2,495. The Macintosh was introduced with 128 KB of RAM and later that year a 512 KB RAM model became available. To reduce costs compared the Lisa, the year-younger Macintosh had a simplified motherboard

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While Tramiel's target was TI many competitors in the home computer market were subject to financial difficulties as a result of Commodore. Even Commodores own finances showed strain with the demands of financing the massive building expansion needed to deliver the machines. Price cutting was one

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executive stated, "I've been in retailing 30 years and I have never seen any category of goods get on a self-destruct pattern like this." Such low prices probably hurt home computers' reputation; one retail executive said of the 99/4A, '"When they went to $ 99, people started asking 'What's wrong

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With a trio of custom graphics and sound co-processors and a 6502 CPU clocked ~80% faster than most competitors, the Atari machines had capabilities that no other microcomputer could match. In spite of a promising start with about 600,000 sold by 1981, they were unable to compete effectively with

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With Microsoft Windows on the rise and IBM clones becoming the mainstream business choice, a different architecture would always face market challenges against considerably larger rivals. The Risc PC did find some niches in applications such as television production and education however popular

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car range and used to indicate market), the 300 series being the "budget", the 500 series "midrange" and the 700 series "high end". This designation continued until the late 1990s when IBM introduced the "T" series as 600/700 series replacements, and the 3, 5 and 7 series model designations were

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microprocessor. This chip was much faster, and could address up to 16MB of RAM but only in a mode that largely broke compatibility with the earlier 8086 and 8088. In particular, the MS-DOS operating system was not able to take advantage of this capability. The bus in the PC/AT was given the name

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sold at $ 379, and Commodore had reduced the price of the VIC-20 to $ 199 and the Commodore 64 to $ 499 shortly after C64 release. In the early 1970s, Texas Instruments had forced Commodore from the calculator market by dropping the price of its own-brand calculators to less than the cost of the

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which was more difficult to use. The distribution of games on ROM cartridge helped offset the small memory and RAM expansion cartridges were also released. The machine was sold at a cost competitive price and achieved strong sales, becoming the first personal computer to sell 1 million units and

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and was credited as being a key reason for the ultimate commercial success of the machine and by extension Apple corporation, as it was exclusively available on the platform for the first 12 months which gave the hardware a sales lead over competitors. VisiCalc was retroactively described as the

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Peripherals have been made available for several games consoles to convert the devices into a full personal computer. Even as far back as the Atari 2600, an adapter called the Atari Graduate was completed in 1983 that expanded the machine with a keyboard and I/O capabilities for use with storage

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The Programma 101 was presented at the 1965 New York World's Fair after two years work (1962- 1964) and was a commercial success with over 44,000 units sold worldwide; in the US its cost at launch was $ 3,200. It was targeted to offices and scientific entities for their daily work because of its

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The Risc PC had a novel stacking design where multiple "slices", that is complete additional chassis with a full plastic case, could be mounted on top of each other to add additional features such as drives and expansion cards. The machines had a multi-processor architecture, with one CPU being

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in place of one of the two floppy disks and increased the number of expansion slots from 5 to 8. While the original PC design could accommodate only up to 64 KB on the main board, the architecture was able to accommodate up to 640 KB of RAM, with the rest on cards. Later revisions of the design

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was a microcomputer released by Intel in 1973 intended as a platform to support software development for their newly released series of microprocessors from the 4004 to the 8080. The machines were not openly marketed to the public and were aimed mainly at developers. The Intellec featured a ZIF

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was released in 1985 but at this stage offered only very limited functionality (not even supporting overlapping windows) and had little market impact until version 3.0 released in 1990. Thereafter Windows started to gain ground and become the dominant windowing operating system for IBM clones.

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for data storage located on the front of the case, which left little room for the keyboard. The 2001 was announced in June 1977 and the first 100 units were shipped in mid October 1977. However they remained back-ordered for months, and to ease deliveries they eventually canceled the 4 KB

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About 200 of the machines sold before the company announced the Apple II as a complete computer. It had color graphics, a full QWERTY keyboard, and internal slots for expansion, which were mounted in a high quality streamlined plastic case. The monitor and I/O devices were sold separately. The

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Audio cassette recorders were already found in the majority of homes and these could be simply interfaced to a variety of home computers. Many low-end machines would feature audio jacks for a cassette recorder. Some manufacturers chose to provide their own branded cassette unit (or provision a

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Games consoles differ from personal computers in that they are not usually intended to be user programmable, do not include a keyboard input device (at least as standard) and are mainly intended for a single class of application and not general purposes software. However, in other respects the

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was designed in 1975 as a direct response to Microsoft and many more would follow. Several computer manufacturers chose to supply their own BASIC with varying degrees of compatibility between them. BASIC software listings were commonly supplied with changes required for different microcomputer

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The history of the personal computer as mass-market consumer electronic devices effectively began in 1977 with the introduction of microcomputers, although some mainframe and minicomputers had been applied as single-user systems much earlier. A personal computer is one intended for interactive

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was one of the largest computer companies in the world and it was widely expected that they would at some time enter the rapidly expanding personal computer market, which they did by releasing the IBM PC in August 1981. Like the Apple II and S-100 systems, it was based on an open, card-based

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was a popular choice, being commonly used with minicomputers of the era, but was both expensive and difficult for an individual to obtain. The teletype cost several times the price of the Altair and the manufacturer was not used to retail sales. Often the teletypes had to be acquired through

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which shipped with GEM as standard. A number of Amstrad PCs shipped with GEM for DOS. Despite not being the inventors of the WIMP interface style, Apple would sue Digital Research resulting in a settlement that reduced the capabilities of GEM in 1986. The final retail release was in 1988.

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When Digital Research became aware of the similarities between PC-DOS and CP/M they raised a dispute with IBM, who offered to resolve the matter by shipping the PC without bundling an operating system. Three operating system choices would be offered for separate purchase: PC-DOS, CP/M and

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The PET line ended earlier than the other 1977 Trinity machines because Commodore had moved onto other newer product lines that eventuated in the first computer model ever to sell 1 million units, the VIC-20, and the biggest selling single model of computer of all time, the Commodore 64.

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In many home computers BASIC was supplied on a ROM chip and it was commonplace for machines to start BASIC as standard as the first program the user saw on switching the machine on. While it was a popular implementation, Microsoft BASIC was not the only variation to be in use. The free

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was a desktop computer introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM PC. It was the evolution of SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) that IBM demonstrated in 1973. In January 1978 IBM announced the IBM 5110, its larger cousin. The 5100 was withdrawn in March 1982.

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in combination with general purpose software despite not being intended to do so. The line between dedicated games consoles and personal computers has also blurred with the devices gaining subsets of popular personal computer features such as video playback and internet browsing.

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to automate crop hygrometric measurements. The Micral N is credited as being the first commercially available microcomputer to feature a single chip CPU. It was possible to use the Micral as a personal computer but most were sold for use as controllers in automation applications.

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microprocessor and came equipped with 1 megabyte of RAM, a 12-inch (300 mm) black-and-white monitor, dual 5¼-inch floppy disk drives and a 5 megabyte Profile hard drive. The Lisa's slow operating speed and high price (US$ 10,000), however, led to its commercial failure.

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software embedded in ROM. Discovering how this worked was not difficult, a full copy of the BIOS source code with comments and annotations was helpfully printed in the IBM Technical Reference Manual for the 5150, the only problem for clone makers was that it was copyrighted.

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in 1975) but usually as custom devices that could only play a few games hardwired into the electronics. Increased levels of integration placed computer component prices within the affordable range for home entertainment devices and games consoles gained new capabilities. The

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GUI environment (first demonstrated at COMDEX in 1982) and released their version for the IBM PC in 1983. Neither the Lisa nor Visi On was a significant commercial success as both required expensive hardware. The Apple Lisa was followed by the first of the more successful

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By 1983 the VIC-20 could be purchased for as little as $ 90. With a decreasing price and strong production, the VIC-20 continued to dominate Commodore sales through 1983 as interest in the C64 built. Commodore lowered the retail price of the C64 to $ 300 at the June 1983

1634:. While this term now most commonly refers to display hardware, it referred at the time to a small program specific to each computer that was capable of starting other software, some debugging, and maybe saving memory contents at specified locations to a storage device. 1242:(CTC) had approached Intel also in 1969 with a request to reduce the chip count in one of their Datapoint terminal range, resulting in a similar single-chip CPU design. CTC ultimately declined the device leaving Intel with the intellectual property. This resulted in the 1237:

Busicom was in financial trouble and Intel arranged a deal that enabled them to sell the CPU as a product in exchange for lowering costs to Busicom. This was then marketed as the Intel 4004 in 1971 and was the first commercial single chip microprocessor. Coincidentally,

910:) and the kit was intended only as an educational machine for hobbyists to learn about the operation and design of a digital computer. The value in Simon was that the digital principles learnt could be scaled up to the task of building a larger and more useful machine. 1989:

as a language intended for students not in scientific fields of study, in order to widen the appeal of computers. Previous languages were often quite difficult to learn and only those with a particular interest in computer science would do so. BASIC was well suited to

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Despite slow initial sales, the Apple II's lifetime was about eight years longer than other machines, and so accumulated the highest total sales. By 1985, 2.1 million had sold and more than 4 million Apple II's were shipped by the end of its production in 1993.

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appearing. Workstations often had custom-built graphics processors to achieve higher resolutions and colour depth than was typical on IBM PC machines of the era. Vendors would usually offer a proprietary operating system as standard, this was most often a variant of

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in 1977. By that year the number of computer vendors was increasing and demand for a standardised operating system grew. CP/M 2.0 was developed in 1978. By 1981, over 250,000 copies had been sold and the O/S had a large library of compatible software written for it.

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based and was originally sold as a choice of the model A with 16KB of memory or the more popular model B with 32KB. The machine achieved widespread success in the UK education sector and the system sold more than 1.5 million units. A cost-reduced version called the

1785:(1980) was available in both formats as either an assembled product or as an electronics kit at a lower price. By the early 1980s many choices of professionally manufactured personal computer were available at affordable prices and kit machines largely disappeared. 1381:

in 1978. Although Groupe Bull continued the production of Micral computers, it was not interested in the personal computer market, and Micral computers were mostly confined to highway toll gates (where they remained in service until 1992) and similar niche markets.

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as a commercial product which featured a full graphical user interface with a bitmapped display. The Star was developed from the Xerox Alto developed in 1972. With a release price of over $ 16,000 the Star was not within the range of most personal computer buyers.

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and Japan accounted for 58 percent of the worldwide installed PCs. About 180 million PCs (16 percent of the existing installed base) were expected to be replaced and 35 million to be dumped into landfill in 2008. The whole installed base grew 12 percent annually.

2481:(Radio Shack) introduced the TRS-80, retroactively known as the Model I as the company expanded the line with more powerful models. The Model I combined motherboard and keyboard into one unit with a separate black-and-white monitor and power supply. Tandy's 3000+ 2994:

became interested in running a series of educational computer literacy TV programmes in the early 1980s and issued an invitation to tender for a personal computer to accompany the project. After examining several entrants, what was then known as the Proton from

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The single-chip CPU went on to significantly reduce the costs (and size) of computers and place the devices within the purchasing power of individuals. In only a few years, a number of other manufacturers were producing competing single-chip CPUs including the

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Released in June 1970, the programmable terminal called the Datapoint 2200 is among the earliest known devices that bears significant resemblance to the modern personal computer, with a CRT screen, keyboard, programmability, and program storage. It was made by

3949:. Apple ultimately purchased NeXT in 1996 and the OS then formed the foundation of future Apple operating systems. This deal is also notable as the point at which Steve Jobs returned to Apple and the company found significant new success under his leadership. 2866:

Sinclair Radionics would also independently design a personal computer, unrelated to Sinclair Research but with the involvement of Clive Sinclair. Following sale of the assets of Sinclair Radionics this design would eventually see production in 1982 as the

2789:. It would be followed by enhanced models in the form of the ZX Spectrum+ and 128. The ZX Spectrum series would sell more than 5 million units. The machine was widely used as a home gaming platform with more than 3,500 games titles eventually released. 2497:

with numeric keypad (lacking in the very first units but upgradeable), small size, well written Microsoft floating-point BASIC and inclusion of a 64-column monitor and tape deck—all for approximately half the cost of the Apple II. Eventually, 5.25-inch

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featuring the CPU in 1986. IBM would not sit idle and see the PC market disappear to the cloners. They would regularly take legal action (often successfully) against clone makers using their large portfolio of patents. In addition IBM launched the

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company of Glendale, California. The LGP-30 was first manufactured in 1956, at a retail price of $ 47,000. The LGP-30 was commonly referred to as a desk computer, as it was the size of a desk. It weighed about 800 pounds (360 kg). It was a binary,

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feature, although the capability was controversially removed in later models. Hardware hackers have routinely prided themselves in demonstrating that dedicated games consoles can be persuaded to run personal computer operating systems such as

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in 1982, and only about 2 million machines were produced by the end of their production run. The 400 and 800 were tweaked into superficially improved models—the 1200XL, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE—as well as the 130XE with 128K of bank-switched RAM.

2568:(announced 1979–05, shipped 1979–09). Each of these was the first of a series of machines from each manufacturer; NEC and Sharp continued these 8-bit lines into the late 1980s but Hitachi ended the series in 1984 as it was replaced in the 3475:

bus in an attempt to recapture control of the market through charging licenses for a key component, but this was not successful. It received only tepid support from 3rd parties and PC cloners largely stuck with ISA until the short-lived

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in the United States). The ZX81 was one of the first computers in the UK to be aimed at the general public and was offered for sale via major high street retail channels. It would become a significant success, selling 1.5 million units.

2705:. Realizing that the VCS would have a limited lifetime in the market before a technically advanced competitor came along, Atari decided they would be that competitor, and started work on a new console design that was much more advanced. 2236:

To reliably make use of audio tape, data was stored within the range of conventional audio bandwidth, this meant the same signal could be stored on any other audio storage medium. Audio tape data was occasionally found as a novelty on

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edited interactively. Expensive commercial terminals could do this but the TV Typewriter held the promise of considerably lower cost and was an instant hit with electronics enthusiasts. Several thousand copies of the plans were sold.

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had a personal computer and a computer could be found in 40 percent of homes in United Kingdom, compared with only 13 percent in 1985. The third quarter of 2008 marked the first time laptops outsold desktop PCs in the United States.

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CPU running at 4.77 MHz, containing 29,000 transistors. The first model used an audio cassette for external storage, though there was an expensive floppy disk option. The cassette option was never popular and was removed in the

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program to be entered by hand via front-panel switches, one location at a time. The program was typically a small driver for an attached cassette tape reader, which would then be used to read in a larger program. Later systems added

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personal computers had been sold worldwide since mid-1970s till this time. Of the latter figure, 75 percent were professional or work related, while the rest sold for personal or home use. About 81.5 percent of PCs shipped had been

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BASIC, along with limited retail distribution, caused it to lag in sales behind the other Trinity machines. However, in 1979 it surpassed the Commodore PET, receiving a sales boost attributed to the release of the extremely popular

1199:) which improved the reliability of MOS transistors and assisted with the commercial viability of the process. He also developed important technologies that improved circuit density of chips such as the "buried contact" technique. 3821:

product in 1981 which became a staple of the television industry through the 1980s. This was an extremely expensive personal computer intended for a very specific market segment (graphics design) and not for the general public.

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The Altair was relatively difficult to use. No peripherals were supplied with the machine. It did not include a keyboard or display or even any circuitry that might control such devices. One possible mode of operation was via a

4966:. United States had received 38.8 percent (394 million) of the computers shipped, Europe 25 percent and 11.7 percent had gone to Asia-Pacific region, the fastest-growing market as of 2002. Almost half of all the households in 4488:

in 1998. Following this strategy HP became a major player in desktops, laptops, and servers for many different markets. The buyout made HP the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers, until Dell later surpassed HP.

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not been seen on any other cost competitive machines of the era. Competitors allowed only comparatively tiny sprites to be drawn with any speed. Hardware blitter would become a standard feature in the industry going forwards.

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built-in device) but these were little different to any other audio tape recorder other that being pre-configured and sometimes transferring part of the necessary electronic interface from the computer into the cassette unit.

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with a simple TTL-based CRT driver circuit driving a small built-in monochrome monitor with 40×25 character graphics. The processor card, keyboard, monitor and cassette drive were all mounted in a single metal case. In 1982,

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operating system in 1995. The Macintosh was sent into a period of decline by these developments coupled with Apple's own inability to come up with a successor to the Macintosh operating system, and by 1996 Apple was almost

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A typical IBM PC clone of the era displayed 16 colors at best and more usually only 4 from a fixed palette. The Amiga offered 4096 colours with up to 64 colors on screen at once, but through a clever hardware trick called

3330:. IBM rebranded the Microsoft version as PC-DOS. Critically, IBM did not prevent Microsoft from reselling the DOS product to other vendors which would be key to Microsoft's future dominance in the operating system market. 3141:. Due to a combination of other disagreements with Gould about management style, Tramiel surprised many by leaving Commodore in early 1984 despite his business strategy with the C64 ultimately being a substantial success. 2592:

Through the 1970s, personal computers had proven popular with electronics enthusiasts and hobbyists, however it was unclear why the general public might want to own one. This perception changed in 1979 with the release of

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capability which allowed Amiga graphics to be mixed with a television video signal. This allowed the Amiga to be competitive in video production against more expensive rivals. The Amiga also included a complete graphical

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due to very low memory requirements and became a widely known language. The ease of use combined with low memory demands and widespread adoption made BASIC an attractive language for the microcomputers that would follow.

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or "SID") and competent graphics performance in a low cost package, which made it an ideal platform for games releases. At least 5,600 titles were ultimately released. Commodore's then ownership of the chip manufacturer

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to be the world's first personal computer. It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation in 1970, and was first sold in early 1971. Unlike a modern personal computer, the Kenbak-1 was built of

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The current personal computer market is about the same size as the total potato-chip market. Next year it will be about half the size of the pet-food market, and is fast approaching the total worldwide sales of panty

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A hobbyist produced Newbear 77-68 kit computer (right) shown next to an oscilloscope (left) used in construction with a domestic television on top used as a computer display. A keyboard is just visible on top of the

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portable to another location by a single person. It was possible to disassemble and fit all of the apparatus into a car and assemble it in a reasonable time for use elsewhere without the support of a computer lab.

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in 1981. A total of 2.8 million units were shipped between the two models, many at bargain basement prices resulting from a price war with Commodore in 1982–83, before the TI-99/4A was discontinued in March 1984.

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which afforded some degree of compatibility between competing workstation vendors but less so with software for DOS or Windows based IBM PCs. Vendors that were noted for the production of workstations included

5433:"2008/107/1 Computer, Programma 101, and documents (3), plastic / metal / paper / electronic components, hardware architect Pier Giorgio Perotto, designed by Mario Bellini, made by Olivetti, Italy, 1965–1971" 3101:

in 1976 to ensure a supply of chips. With his supply guaranteed, and good control over the component pricing, Tramiel launched a war against Texas Instruments soon after the introduction of the Commodore 64.

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large number of other CP/M licensees and also with IBM's intent to re-brand CP/M as PC-DOS. Kildall ultimately believed he had reached a deal but IBM returned to negotiate with Gates who offered to provide

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The ZX Spectrum was extensively cloned in many countries, some machines with the involvement of Sinclair Research but large numbers with no official approval at all. The clones were particularly popular in

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Spreadsheets were a common business tool prior to the personal computer but up until this time were created by hand. Updating a cell necessitated the manual re-calculation of all of the referencing cells.

4748:-based PCs to take on many of the tasks of larger SGI servers, ate into SGI's core markets. The rise of cheap 3D accelerators displaced low-end products of Silicon Graphics, which went bankrupt in 2009. 3402:

amongst others used their copyrighted version. With the commercial availability of MS-DOS and acquisition of a BIOS possible, there were no further barriers to competitors producing IBM PC imitations.

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It was only a matter of time before one personal computer design was able to hit a sweet spot in terms of pricing and performance, and that machine is generally considered to be the Altair 8800, from

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or no features at all for connection of peripherals but instead might include LED displays and calculator style keyboards for interaction with the machine. Kits then moved on to more capable designs.

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systems became cheaper and started to sell for under $ 1000, particularly via mail order rather than a traditional dealer network. These prices were achieved by using older generation PC technology.

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compatible makers. The Apple II was also copied, as were many successful preceding platforms back to the Altair. Larger and more expensive minicomputers were also regularly cloned by competitors.

7140:...its venerable PC 9800 series, which has sold more than 18 million units over the years, and is the reason why NEC has been the number one PC vendor in Japan for as long as anyone can remember. 1159:, and did not use a microprocessor. The system first sold for US$ 750. Only around 40 machines were ever built and sold. In 1973, production of the Kenbak-1 stopped as Kenbak Corporation folded. 547:

A different model of computer use was foreshadowed by the way in which early, pre-commercial, experimental computers were used, where one user had exclusive use of a processor. In places such as

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and megabyte-capacity hard disks were made available by Tandy and third parties. The Expansion Interface provided for up to four floppy drives and hard drives to be daisy-chained, a slot for an

1429:, then this is followed by the data to be stored at that memory location, also set in binary via the switches. The rows of LEDs can be used to display the contents of a specific memory address. 1136:

CPU and the Intel 8008 were technically very different, they were largely software-compatible. From a software perspective, the Datapoint 2200 therefore functioned as if it were using an 8008.

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was used to overcome the copyright issue and produce a functionally identical BIOS version that could be legally sold. Not all PC cloners would take this approach though with IBM alleging

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version in 1987, which was not discontinued until 1992. The series would be joined by several other models including versions aimed at the high-end graphics and video markets such as the

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and audio CDs (as audio, not as digital data and unrelated to CD-ROM). In modern times retro enthusiasts replay audio data into vintage systems using more reliable digital audio players.

4100:, and by the mid-1990s one was built into almost all desktop computers, and toward the end of the 1990s, in laptops as well. Although introduced in 1982, the CD ROM was mostly used for 3431:, which was a (just about) portable version of the IBM PC specifically designed to fit within the requirements of airline carry-on luggage. The machine resembled the earlier CP/M based 2753:, but by 1976 was beginning to lose control over the company and started a new independent venture to pursue projects under his own direction. The new company was originally staffed by 906:

was only 2 bits wide meaning that it was not capable of operating on any number greater than 3. There were far more sophisticated and practical computers available at the time (such as

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The Amiga machines introduced a sophisticated set of custom chips that allowed the relatively slow CPUs of the time to accelerate graphics operations. One of the key functions was the

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were already in production by 1981, Tandy decided to stop manufacturing the Model I. Radio Shack sold some 1.5 million Model I's. The line continued until late 1991 when the

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were produced with greater sophistication and BASIC was ported to several CPUs and architectures. Microsoft BASIC was widely used in many machines of the 1970s and 1980s including the

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The Altair 8800 was not an easy machine to use and did not ship as standard with peripherals or interfaces to enable interactive use as would be expected from a personal computer. The

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When the PC was introduced in 1981, it was originally designated as the IBM 5150, putting it in the "5100" series, though its architecture wasn't directly descended from the IBM 5100.

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model, aimed at the relatively well financed business market, originally included a cassette interface out of concern that purchasers might be dissuaded by the price of a disk drive.

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began to become increasingly popular as many consumers started installing their own wireless home networks. Many of today's laptops and desktop computers are sold pre-installed with

2253: 537:. After the job had completed, users could collect the results. In some cases, it could take hours or days between submitting a job to the computing center and receiving the output. 789:

emulated those used by early mainframe and minicomputers, after a very short time I/O through a terminal was the preferred human/machine interface, and front panels became extinct.

1650:, in the same year. CP/M originally stood for "Control Program/Monitor" but later became "Control Program for Microcomputers". It was first licensed to a small manufacturer called 1167:, whose fate was diametrically opposed to that of the Kenbak. The differentiating factor might have been the extensibility of the Altair, without which it was practically useless. 4267:) concurrently with RISC OS in a window and could seamlessly merge applications from other operating systems into the RISC OS GUI environment as if they were native applications. 4255:

provided as standard and at least one additional CPU could be added. The additional CPUs did not need to be ARM and entirely alien CPU architectures could run in parallel such as

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microprocessor. The first generation 8008-based Q1 and Q1/c had a QWERTY keyboard, one-line 80-character display, built-in printer, and capability to interface with an under-desk

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Windows usually being bundled with PCs, OS/2 failed to gain significant market traction with the exception of specific market niches where IBM had dominance, such as in finance.

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There are several competing claims as to the origins of the term "personal computer". Yale Law School librarian Fred Shapiro notes an early published use of the phrase in a 1968

2957:, the name advertising the inclusion of 64 KB of memory, which was more comparable and in many cases exceeded contemporary home computers. The machine was based around the 2202:

disk drives remained prohibitive to many potential buyers, particularly individual customers in the home computer market. Without a storage device a computer was of little use.

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workstation went on sale, for "interpersonal" computing as Steve Jobs described it. The NeXTstation was meant to be a new computer for the 1990s, and cheaper than the previous

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Programmable games consoles emerged around the same era as personal computers started to become widely available. Games consoles had been on the market previously (such as the

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The club was relatively influential in the development of early personal computers with several attendees subsequently having an impact on the industry. Noted members included

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processor (which then stood for Acorn RISC Machine) to power future projects and released an ARM development system for the BBC Micro. The CPU saw first commercial use in the

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A more interactive form of computer use developed commercially by the middle 1960s. In a time-sharing system, multiple computer terminals let many people share the use of one

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was a factor in enabling the C64 to undercut competition on price as Commodore were able to be their own supplier of several key components. The machine was estimated by the

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production being slowed down. LCD monitors are typically sharper, brighter, and more economical than CRT monitors. The first decade of the 21st century also saw the rise of

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Due to the sales growth of IBM clones in the '90s, they became the industry standard for business and home use. This growth was augmented by the introduction of Microsoft's

3110:, and stores sold it for as little as $ 199. At one point the company was selling as many computers as the rest of the industry combined. Commodore, which even discontinued 2974:

to be the highest selling desktop personal computer model of all time with somewhere between 12.5 million and 17 million units sold, with the record still standing in 2023.

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were typical and filling a tiny computer memory of only a few dozen kilobytes was a process lasting many minutes. Computer tape protocols often lacked the sophistication of

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The designs were sometimes available assembled but were less commonly finished products and ranged from purely circuit diagrams supplied on paper, through to provision of a

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was released in 1984. This machine was aimed at the serious home user and professional markets. It was a departure from the architecture of the ZX Spectrum series, using a

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was watching a lecture at Harvard Business School where a spreadsheet was being tediously redrawn by hand and realised that the process could be automated with a computer.

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CPU and 16 KB of memory. At some point, a Q1 "Basic Office Machine" was also introduced, bearing resemblance to the third-generation Q1/Lite, but re-integrating a printer.

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processor and was not compatible with its predecessor. The QL was particularly distinctive due to an unusual choice of storage device. It was shipped with two integrated

1191:(MOS) integrated circuits which had higher switching speeds and lower power consumption than alternatives. He was later sent to a California division. There he developed 5022: 494:

defined the personal computer as a "non-(time)shared system containing sufficient processing power and storage capabilities to satisfy the needs of an individual user."

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while at International. It was the first example of what would today be recognized as a complete personal computer. The first machines were introduced on 1 March 1973.

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The "brain" may one day come down to our level and help with our income-tax and book-keeping calculations. But this is speculation and there is no sign of it so far.

7788: 1234:. Faggin brought the silicon design expertise to the team and using his latest techniques that improved device density, managed to squeeze it all into a single chip. 3382:

The IBM PC was based on easily available integrated circuits and the basic card-slot design was not patented. The only IBM proprietary portion of the design was the

6991: 2761:) who had interested Clive Sinclair in the computer market. Following the commercial success of a kit computer in 1977 aimed at electronics enthusiasts called the 2485:

storefronts ensured the computer would have widespread distribution and support (repair, upgrade, training services) that neither Apple nor Commodore could touch.

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While its use was limited to the engineers at Xerox PARC, the Alto had features years ahead of its time. Both the Xerox Alto and the Xerox Star would inspire the

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Towards the end of the 1980s, IBM PC XT clones started to encroach on the home computer market segment, previously the preserve of low cost manufacturers such as

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its creators when it generated thousands of orders in the first month. Unable to keep up with demand, MITS sold the design after about 10,000 kits had shipped.

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socket on the front panel for programming EPROM chips. The intent was the EPROM chips would be used in embedded devices. The Intellec bore a resemblance to the

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product was a 4 kilobyte paper tape BASIC interpreter, which allowed users to develop programs in a higher-level language. The alternative was to hand-assemble

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The BBC Micro included a number of innovative features less commonly seen on other contemporary home computers including local area networking in the form of

5846: 4736:(SGI) was a major 3D business that had grown annual revenues of $ 5.4 million to $ 3.7 billion from 1984 to 1997. The addition of 3D graphic capabilities to 4160:, Commodore and Atari systems were no longer on the market, pushed out by strong IBM PC clone competition and low prices. Other previous competition such as 725:

were working on computers that a single person could use and that could be connected by fast, versatile networks: not home computers, but personal ones. At

4562: 433:, individual personal computers were low enough in cost that they eventually became affordable consumer goods. Early personal computers – generally called 6755: 3623:

While not a success upon its release, the Macintosh was a successful personal computer for years to come. This is particularly due to the introduction of

3462:, which first appeared in a Compaq machine and not an IBM which made Compaq now seem to be leading the direction of the architecture. Compaq released the 5653: 2625:

as it was in itself such useful software in business that it justified the purchase of personal computer hardware regardless of all other applications.

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in 1980 to address the home market. The machine offered only 5 KB of memory, which was small even for the time, however the use of more expensive

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that could be directly loaded into the microcomputer's memory using a front panel of toggle switches, pushbuttons and LED displays. While the hardware

5609:(3,495,222, Perotto et al.) and this gave to Olivetti over $ 900.000 in royalties by HP alone, for the re-use of this technology in the HP9100 series. 555:, students with access to some of the first computers experimented with applications that would today be typical of a personal computer; for example, 5003: 4832:) SDRAM, the DDR SDRAM interface makes higher transfer rates possible by more strict control of the timing of the electrical data and clock signals. 4561:, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, for US$ 650 million in cash and $ 600 million US in Lenovo stock. The deal was approved by the 4172:

rose to high profits and success, introducing low cost systems targeted at consumers and business markets using a direct-sales model. Dell surpassed

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were released outside of the country. The most successful Japanese personal computer was NEC's PC-98, which sold more than 18 million units by 1999.

503: 117: 4871:), which the kernel parses. ACPI then executes the desired operations (such as the initialization of hardware components) using an embedded minimal 1699:

personal computer. To serve this demand a number of publications and organisations began producing computer designs that hobbyists could construct.

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VisiCalc proved exceptionally popular with the business community and ultimately 700,000 copies were sold. VisiCalc was initially released for the

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independently continued production of Acorn designs under license until 2003. Castle Technology released their own Risc PC compatible design, the

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advance though and high-density digital tape units remain in use in specialist data backup applications but less usually with personal computers.

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was released in 1983 that included a keyboard and storage capabilities (it was also available as a dedicated personal computer). A product called

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Commodore press release. "The PET computer made its debut recently as the first 100 units were shipped to waiting customers in mid October 1977."

4813: 3937:(intended to be MacOS System 8) encountered difficulties. Commercial negotiations between Apple and Be Inc. ultimately failed. Apple co-founder 2897:

When it was released in late 1979, Texas Instruments initially focused on schools. Despite the 16-bit processor and custom video processor with

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of Busicom, the concept for what would be the 4004 architecture came from a woman he could not recall the name of who was a graduate of Japan's

4779:. The RAM and graphics processors operated at 50 MHz. It provided only 3D acceleration and as such the computer also needed a traditional 3740:. Competing GUI operating systems were only beginning to gain momentum at the time and often did not allow several programs to be run at once. 3519: 3174: 2550: 2261:

magazine referred to as the "1977 Trinity" – from left to right: the Commodore PET 2001, the Apple II, and the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1

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Naitoh, Y.; et al. (2007). "New Nonvolatile Memory Effect Showing Reproducible Large Resistance Ratio Employing Nano-gap Gold Junction".

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were now available in one integrated circuit, making it possible to produce them in high volume. Concurrently, advances in the development of

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In 2001, 125 million personal computers were shipped in comparison to 48,000 in 1977. More than 500 million PCs were in use in 2002 and one

3779:(1993). The Amiga range ended with the bankruptcy of Commodore in 1994, but the series continues to have a cult following from enthusiasts. 2436:

Although the machine was fairly successful, there were frequent complaints about the tiny calculator-like keyboard, often referred to as a "

1778:(1976), was partially a kit computer, requiring some additional components to be supplied, although the main board was available assembled. 8387: 5736: 5246: 3651:, were released to a great degree of success. The entire Macintosh line of computers was IBM's major competition up until the early 1990s. 140: 6247: 5236:

Rheingold, H. (2000). Tools for thought: the history and future of mind-expanding technology (New ed.). Cambridge, MA etc.: The MIT Press.

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There were neither microprocessor (not yet invented) nor integrated circuits in the P101, but only transistors, resistors and condensers.

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drives were included instead of standard CD ROM drives. This gave the personal computer user the capability to copy and "burn" standard

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processor and 256KB of RAM in combination with the custom chips. The series would reach its height with the release of the cost reduced

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which would be released about two years later. While it could be used as a general purpose microcomputer, this was not Intel's intent.

1310:. (From this point on, the names "Q1" and "Q1/Lite" seem to be used interchangeably on the computer's enclosure and in its marketing.) 733:

designed and built a true home computer known as FRED, but this saw mixed interest from management. The CPU design was released as the

313: 295: 112: 8824: 7045: 5273: 3933:, a former Apple executive. It was strongly considered as a replacement for the ailing Mac OS System 7 after Apple's internal project 902:

magazine from October 1950. The Simon was in some sense a personal computer although was not of much practical use, the four-function

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in 1974 and several experimental machines using it were built in 1975, but RCA declined to market any of these until introducing the

6705: 4375:, the long-awaited "next generation" Mac OS based on the NeXT technologies was finally introduced by Apple, cementing its comeback. 2265:

By 1976, there were several firms racing to introduce the first truly successful commercial personal computers. Three machines, the

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to gather together hobbyists interested in computing such that they could trade information. The first meeting was in March 1975 in

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and loading errors were commonplace, resulting in the already frustratingly slow process needing to be repeated. Audio tape is not

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After the introduction of the Intel 4004 in 1972, microprocessor costs declined rapidly. In 1974 the American electronics magazine

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at £99.95. At the time the ZX80 was the cheapest personal computer for sale in the UK. This was succeeded by the more well-known

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The third generation Q1/Lite system removed the integrated printer and floppy drives, kept the plasma display, and introduced a

635:" in which he outlined a possible solution to the growing problem of information storage and retrieval. In 1968, SRI researcher 8844: 8439: 8180: 5871: 4878:

First-generation ACPI hardware had issues. Windows 98 first edition disabled ACPI by default except on a whitelist of systems.

1246:, released in 1972, that would eventually become the foundation of Intel's personal computer CPU range. It was followed by the 343: 6706:"Commodore VIC-20: Worlds First Computer to Sell 1 Million Units – Commodore Computers: C64 VIC20 PET C128 Plus4 – 8 Bit PC's" 6042: 6014: 3672:

selling around 4.8 million units. Sales were comparatively muted in North America but it did find some niches in this region.

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was originally specifically intended to have the option of being converted into a general purpose personal computer using the

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returned to Apple in 1997. The NeXT purchase and Jobs' return brought Apple back to profitability, first with the release of

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The introduction of the Altair spawned an entire industry based on the basic layout and internal design. New companies like

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As of June 2008, the number of personal computers worldwide in use hit one billion. Mature markets like the United States,

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In 1993, Samsung introduced its KM48SL2000 synchronous DRAM, and by 2000, SDRAM had replaced virtually all other types of

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arose to be used almost exclusively for sharing music files and became a primary computer activity for many individuals.

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computer and first demonstrated it there. With specifications in hand and an order for 100 machines at US$ 500 each from

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their own products. Expansion memory boards and peripherals were soon listed by the original manufacturer, and later by

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were released, laptops that dispense with an optical drive and hard drive entirely relying on flash memory for storage.

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design, no internal hard drive, and a single 3.5-inch floppy drive. Applications that came with the Macintosh included

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Expansion Interface provided sockets for further RAM expansion to 48 KB. Its other strong features were its full stroke

8854: 8787: 7535: 6516: 5899: 5708: 2536: 393: 168: 6381: 4215:, but as the primary choice for creative professionals, particularly those in the graphics and publishing industries. 3034:

The BBC Micro was architected to be multi-processor as standard. Additional CPUs could be connected via the included "

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in 1983 designated SCAMP a "revolutionary concept" and "the world's first personal computer". The prototype is in the

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operating systems and is still widely deployed as the underlying windowing system in many Linux distributions today.

3545: 3481: 846: 67: 7459: 7383: 7260:"Columbia Data Products Introduces the MPC 1600, the First IBM PC Compatible Computer : History of Information" 3797:(Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers) graphical user interface style was developed from research ideas (pioneered by 3527: 2055:

versions. In particular, methods of producing graphics and sound were rarely standard across BASIC implementations.

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as easy to use as a games machine—simply plug in a cartridge and go. The new machines were first introduced as the

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filled the void for computer users on a budget whilst providing a storage density and convenience improvement over

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was co-founded by Allen and Gates in 1976 to sell BASIC products to the personal computer market. New versions of

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The concept of conversion of consoles into personal computers has not disappeared in more recent times. The 2006

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8 bit word size, and I/O limited to switches and lights on the front panel are also characteristics of the 1975

6763: 6098:"MOS / CSG Commodore KIM-1 History & Pictures – Commodore Computers: C64 VIC20 PET C128 Plus4 – 8 Bit PC's" 5817: 4745: 4399:

format became pervasive, "ripping" CDs into small, compressed files on a computer's hard drive became popular.

3829:, released in 1983. Concurrently to the Lisa, VisiCorp (noted for the VisiCalc spreadsheet) was working on the 3523: 3452: 3227: 813: 474: 275: 34: 6857: 5657: 8339: 6797: 6001: 4485: 3996: 3896: 3684: 3413: 2765:, Sinclair Research (then trading as Science of Cambridge) entered the home computer market in 1980 with the 2161: 2108:

was released in 1976, which was CPU based and used interchangeable ROM cartridges, then the more widely sold

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As the microcomputer revolution continued, more robust versions of the same technology were used to produce

1317:, integrated two floppy drives into the computer's enclosure, and included an updated multi-line flat-panel 6934: 5409:

The Programma P101 may be considered as the first programmable electronic desk top calculator in the world.

4845: 4392: 3879:(Graphics Environment Manager) is a capable WIMP GUI released in 1985 for multiple platforms including the 2946: 2785:

was released, later becoming Britain's best selling computer, competing aggressively against Commodore and

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phased out for A (3&7) & X (5) series. The A series was later partially replaced by the R series.

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A number of Apple employees were shown the work of Xerox and this heavily influenced the GUI driven Apple

2012:. The duo had experience with computers and had previously formed an enterprise that built a computer for 8849: 5630: 5606: 4764: 4759:

extension card relied on PCI to provide cheap 3D graphics for PC's. Towards the end of 1996, the cost of

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extension card is released with 57 x86 cores, at a price of $ 1695, equalling circa 30 dollars per core.

4549:, and then gradually replaced 32-bit processors in consumer desktop and laptop systems since about 2005. 4069: 2942: 178: 7636: 7227: 6246:

Chandler, Alfred Dupont; Hikino, Takashi; Nordenflycht, Andrew Von; Chandler, Alfred D. (30 June 2009).

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Similarly to the American trinity, Japan has a term for their own most important machines of that era: "

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portable PC. The Compaq Portable sold well and became strongly associated with the IBM clone industry.

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support, architectural restrictions prevented it from living up to expectations. It was updated to the

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was generally available only on mainframe computers, and most desktop sized microcomputers such as the

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in 1976. Some of these CPUs would be widely used in early personal computers and other applications.

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laboratory, which concentrated on applying computer technology to facilitate creative human thought.

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as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A

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crediting it with being the machine on which he became practiced at programming prior to developing

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started up to supply add-on kits. Soon after, a number of complete "clone" designs, typified by the

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Koved, Larry; Selker, Ted (1999). "Room with a view (RWAV): A metaphor for interactive computing".

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spreadsheet which was initially exclusive to the platform. It was again pushed into 4th place when

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who had worked on the sound chip for the Atari 8-bit home computer range and then later recruited

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CPUs would be released for the machine. Acorn subsequently used the Tube interface to develop the

1109:(now known as Datapoint) and was a complete system in a case with the approximate footprint of an 710:, who later used silicon-gate MOS technology to develop the first single-chip microprocessor, the 8410: 8185: 8144:"PCI express and advanced switching: evolutionary path to building next generation interconnects" 5251: 4856: 4244: 4028: 3512: 3220: 2934: 2856: 2021: 1935: 1836:

introduced with the Altair, machines of generally improved performance, quality and ease-of-use.

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system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. After the development of the

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is released in 2003. It becomes the most commonly used bus in PC-compatible desktop computers.

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Other 1977 machines that were important within the hobbyist community at the time included the

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In 1972–1973, a team led by Dr. Paul Friedl at the IBM Los Gatos Scientific Center developed a

1209:. There he joined a team developing the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4-bit 239: 7686: 6629: 4211:

architecture used for the Macintosh line. During the 1990s, the Macintosh remained with a low

2855:+3 model incorporated a 3-inch CF2 disk drive. Production continued under Amstrad until 1992. 2850:

The combination of the market failure of the Sinclair QL and a portable TV product called the

8586:"Gartner Says More than 1 Billion PCs In Use Worldwide and Headed to 2 Billion Units by 2014" 8117: 7243: 6349: 6081: 5335: 4918: 4669: 4327:. In December 1996 Apple bought NeXT and in what has been described as a "reverse takeover", 3733: 3409: 3250: 3089: 2930: 2676: 2413: 2226: 2211: 1703: 1074: 903: 556: 454: 304: 6552: 3910:

IBM developed their own windowing operating system, in collaboration with Microsoft, called

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range in 1984 which had cut the hardware costs for running a GUI to a more palatable level.

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devices. The Graduate was never sold but a similar 1983 adapter from a 3rd party called the

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components, which are groups of gates, latches, counters, etc. The company had commissioned

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connectivity. The iMac sold several million units and a subsequent model using a different

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would be released in 1983 and several other models would appear in the range including the

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In some respects the front panel was simply a continuation of a common feature supplied on

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computers for the professional and home markets. The iMac was notable for its transparent

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IBM's weakening position in the PC market was made clear with Intel's introduction of the

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Computer History Museum, Timeline of Computer History, Olivetti Programma 101 is released

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as the world's largest computer manufacturer, and held that position until October 2006.

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stated in 1986 that "our market dropped from 300 percent growth per year to 20 percent".

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A further evolution of kit computers was in the form of educational machines such as the

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in 1982 and wanted to produce a more capable machine. He first contacted Atari employee

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countries, which at the time had only limited access to western markets, with dozens of

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was a well-known brand in the late 1970s, both due to their hit arcade video games like

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By the end of the 1970s more machines were becoming available as finished products. The

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form and in limited numbers, and were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians.

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In 2004, IBM announced the proposed sale of its PC business to Chinese computer maker

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which were playable in any CD player. As computer hardware grew more powerful and the

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Acorn ceased Risc PC production in 1998 following a reorganisation of the company but

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introduced the first mass-marketed microcomputer with a graphical user interface, the

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in 1976, in kit form. By this time a number of other machines had entered the market.

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was launched as a desktop personal computer in 1985 at an event featuring the artist

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November 1977: TRS-80 Model I (with optional Expansion Interface beneath the monitor)

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Shapiro, F.R.; Shapiro, F.R. (December 2000). "Annals of the History of Computing".

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A key difference between early Western and Japanese systems was the latter's higher

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factor in Tramiel developing a rocky relationship with the main Commodore investor,

563:, a program written in 1961, and an ancestor of today's computer games was found in 544:

processor. This was common in business applications and in science and engineering.

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which produce higher quality sound. Japanese computers were widely used to produce

3051: 3047: 3035: 2520: 2437: 2345: 2305: 2096: 1865: 1861: 1857: 1647: 1612: 1562: 1507: 1477: 1365:, beginning with the Micral N in 1973. The system was originally developed for the 934: 884: 660: 612:(1973) was a landmark step in the development of personal computers because of its 605: 598: 534: 159: 8664:

Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer

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in modern computers, because of its greater performance. For more information see

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Since the late 1990s, many more personal computers started shipping that included

3114:, could make a profit when selling the C64 for a retail price of $ 200 because of 8791: 8687: 8573: 7637:"Apple Power Mac G3 Specs (All Power Macintosh G3 Technical Specs): EveryMac.com" 7153: 7123: 6321: 5008: 4872: 4756: 4688:

In May 2005, Intel and AMD released their first dual-core 64-bit processors, the

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and applications into the 1990s. Another popular use of CD ROMs in the 1990s was

4052: 3992: 3845: 3721: 3636: 3428: 3153:'s personal computer market was largely dominated by domestic computer products. 3059: 2996: 2868: 2758: 2713:

in 1979, but production problems prevented widespread sales until the next year.

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Internally, ACPI advertises the available components and their functions to the

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in 1962. Some of the first computers that might be called "personal" were early

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were no longer in the computer market. With less competition than ever before,

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1992 using the series designators 300, 500 and 700 (allegedly analogous to the

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and agreed to finance this. Amiga development subsequently moved to Commodore.

3644: 3643:'s hiatus from Apple, a number of different models of Macintosh, including the 3604: 3588: 3580: 3572: 3564: 3477: 3399: 3158: 3098: 3027:

chip was standard and when combined with an adapter enabled software (known as

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was added to support the diskette drive; the last version was "Apple DOS 3.3".

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began as one of these manufacturers, under its original name of PC's Limited.

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magazine later referred to Commodore, Apple, and Tandy as the "1977 Trinity".

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but in the nascent personal computer space, little was available other than a

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In addition, minicomputers were relatively interactive and soon had their own

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with HP and Dell expected to lose the most future business from the mandate.

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as standard in 1985. A GUI was also available for the Commodore 64, known as

3688: 3628: 3322:(originally known as QDOS), an operating system similar to CP/M developed by 2926: 2821: 2650: 2633: 2507: 2499: 2395: 2385: 2313: 2230: 2203: 2168: 1907: 1896: 1870: 1832:, appeared on the market. This led to a wide variety of systems based on the 1759: 1719: 1442: 1426: 1263: 1231: 1053: 1039: 684: 628: 466: 8784: 7539: 6154: 3379:

they sold the product it was branded as MS-DOS but was otherwise identical.

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chipsets it sold to third parties to make the same design. Commodore's CEO,

3031:) and other information to be downloaded from broadcast television signals. 2953:

Commodore would address the memory limitations with the 1982 release of the

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prototype called SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) based on the

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and arithmetic unit. HP later copied the Programma 101 architecture for its

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capable computing capabilities in a small space with a relatively low cost;

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causing a loss for Texas Instruments of hundreds of millions of dollars. A

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microcomputer kit in late 1974 from a magazine and showed it to his friend

1991: 1931: 1635: 1627: 1523: 1433: 1349: 1307: 1267: 1227: 1022: 980:$ 55,000, only 180 units were produced and it was quickly displaced by the 782: 703: 679:(microchip) technology, which reduced size and cost, but they contained no 590: 570: 521: 426: 8423: 6730: 6489: 5571: 4566:

result of the purchase, Lenovo inherited a product line that featured the

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components not dissimilar to those found in mainstream business machines.

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suggested that he should try the Apple machine as it had a similar BASIC.

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of the time, but it did have some practical uses. Keyboards, displays and

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were not using Faggin's work and in 1970 he moved to the recently founded

8388:"Intel Announces first 22nm 3D Tri-Gate Transistors, Shipping in 2H 2011" 7387: 7105: 5487:

It appears that the Mathatronics Mathatron calculator preceeded [

4908: 4904: 4722: 4623: 4619: 4570:, a line of laptops that had been one of IBM's most successful products. 4546: 4522: 4356: 4336: 4315: 4311: 4088:

The CD-ROM and CD-RW drives became standards for most personal computers.

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architecture, which allowed third parties to develop for it. It used the

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and was particularly praised for the relatively advanced audio chip (the

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where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a

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Loading software from audio tape was a slow process. Speeds of 300–1200

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advertisement for a programmable calculator, which they called "The new

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technically, the machine was a programmable calculator, not a computer.

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Apple switched to Intel in 2006, also thereby gaining multiprocessing.

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released the MPC 1600 in 1982, which was a close clone of the original

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integrated telephone/computer device. The QL achieved some note due to

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The single-chip microprocessor was made possible by an improvement in

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The minicomputer ancestors of the modern personal computer used early

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BlinkenLights Archaeological Institute – Personal Computer Milestones

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IV-FP, SGI flat panel bundled with the Revolution (4 December 2020).

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range was supplied with the Arthur GUI in 1987, later to be known as

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referred to the PET design as "the world's first personal computer".

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who would later design the first commercial microprocessor at Intel.

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in California and would include a demonstration of the Altair 8800.

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high resolution screen, large internal and external memory storage,

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What's New (February 1978). "Commodore Ships First PET Computers".

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In 1982, the TI 99/4A and Atari 400 were both $ 349, Radio Shack's

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was selected. A number of minor changes were made resulting in the

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could not easily compete with color machines like the Apple II and

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were all released in 1977, becoming the most popular by late 1978.

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The Amiga computers were originally conceived as a games console.

3038:" interface which was designed for this purpose. Adapters for the 2139:

A German version of the CompuMate attached to an Atari 2600 Junior

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A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology

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The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry)

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The ROM in CD-ROM stands for Read Only Memory. In the late 1990s

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concepts, the NeXTstation was somewhat a commercial failure, and

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The French company R2E was formed by two former engineers of the

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The system's CPU was constructed from roughly a hundred (mostly)

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Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer

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Douglas K. Smith; Douglas K. Smith; Robert C. Alexander (1999).

5709:"Q1/History/Q1 Daniel Alroy Story.pdf at main · TheByteAttic/Q1" 4859:

using instruction lists ("methods") provided through the system

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lines. 64-bit processors were first common in high end systems,

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and bureaucracy of a commercial or university computing center.

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is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a

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The P101, and particularly the magnetic card, was covered by a

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series. Several of these systems were also released in Europe,

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at the club and Ron Nicholson who was one the designers of the

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or 'WIMP' (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointers). Based on the

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Drawing upon its experience with the Lisa, Apple launched the

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James Finke, President, Commodore International, February 1982

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attempted to release a successor to the Spectrum known as the

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era, a home appliance version was produce in the form of the

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Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 featuring an integrated tape recorder

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company to sell their microcomputer designs based around the

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was a small electro-mechanical computer project developed by

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Compared to its predecessor in PC-clones, single data Rate (

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and as a result had developed a GUI operating system called

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which could run several operating systems including MS-DOS.

3412:, but with more RAM and more expansion slots. Also in 1982, 2046:, although it was sometimes branded under a different name. 1910:, who attended the first meeting and later demonstrated the 1718:

A precursor to the kit computer appeared in the form of the

768:, a somewhat more powerful and easier to use processor. The 764:

magazine published an article describing a kit based on the

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access to central computers. Before the introduction of the

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Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark; Avis, Paul (September 1985).

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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

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casing in an ergonomic shape, as well as its discarding of

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terminal with the addition of a serial interface card. The

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Dozens of kit computer designs were produced including the

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The Kenbak-1, released in early 1971, is considered by the

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In 2016 and 2017, Intel, TSMC and Samsung begin releasing

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thin client and a variety of set-top boxes under the name

3775:(1991) and a dedicated games console version known as the 3755:(known professionally as Blondie). The machine featured a 2390: 2348:

was only the built-in BASIC interpreter contained in ROM.

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the size of a wardrobe that contained the CPU and memory.

663:. The demo was the culmination of research in Engelbart's 457:

personal computer." Other claims include computer pioneer

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in 1997 (which had been started by ex-HP employees), and

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bought 3dfx in 2000. In 2000, NVIDIA grew revenues 96%.

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series in the 1980s, but had early competition from the

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computer, long before the era of the personal computers.

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Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer

7536:"Castle bids farewell to RiscPC | Drobe.co.uk archives" 6462:

On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

6222:"Sony sued for dropping Linux support on PlayStation 3" 5621:

Perotto, Pier Giorgio; et al. (10 February 1970).

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released a primitive GUI for their range of PCs called

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The PET shipped in two models; the 2001–4 with 4 KB of

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MITS Altair 8800 (left) with an ASR 33 teletype (right)

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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory#SDRAM history

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series of high-end professional desktop computers for

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became the market leader following the release of the

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was a British consumer electronics company founded by

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Although the design of the Datapoint 2200's TTL based

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and presented in a thirteen articles series issued in

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during the 1980s, and then for computer data such as

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Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

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reduced the complexity of the design versus cheaper

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In 2001, 7176:"The true story behind the IBM Personal Computer" 6959: 6872: 6630:"Planet Sinclair: Computers: Clones and variants" 6413:"Chuck Peddle: Chief Designer of the Victor 9000" 5004:Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering 4796:. Control of the specification was passed to the 3286:increased the limit to 256 KB on the main board. 1985:programming language had been created in 1963 at 1187:joined SGS-Fairchild of Italy where he worked on 8836: 8686: 6926: 6859:Acorn ARM Evaluation System User Guide BBC Micro 6086:. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. 14 September 1981. 6038: 6036: 4602:monitors became the most popular technology for 3805:in the early 1970s. In 1981, Xerox released the 3471:range of computers in 1987 with the proprietary 3065: 2863:in 1989, but this was not a commercial success. 2839:, in part due to the limited software support. 1714:The original prototype of the 1973 TV Typewriter 1278:(1976). Federico Faggin would go on to co-found 793:The beginnings of the personal computer industry 8612:"Computers in use pass 1 billion mark: Gartner" 8567:Notebook sales surpass PCs for first time in US 7248:. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. 27 February 1984. 7082: 7043: 7037: 6053: 4314:operating environment in 1990, and followed by 2637:for use and so one of the founders of VisiCorp 1873:code to improve this process and would run the 1573:minicomputer in order to run APL\1130. In 1973 691:eliminated the bulky, costly, and power-hungry 8141: 6953: 6439: 6171:"AGH Museum -- Atari "Graduate" 2600 Computer" 5479:"Olivetti Programma 101 Electronic Calculator" 5458:"Olivetti Programma 101 Electronic Calculator" 5131: 5048:, a 1949 demonstration of computing principles 4642:, allowed PCs to communicate with each other ( 3342:product in 1988, which achieved some success. 2575: 2210:that had been used previously. Even the first 461:'s purported use of the term in a 1972 paper, 8172: 6544: 6525: 6033: 5844: 4763:dropped significantly. A card consisted of a 3941:had started a new workstation venture called 3925:is a windowing operating system developed by 3891:range of machines included a WIMP GUI called 3301:for its upcoming IBM PC at the suggestion of 3212:in particular gaining some popularity there. 3184:series, and later competition from the 8-bit 1922:moderated club meetings and would design the 1367:Institut national de la recherche agronomique 1313:The second generation 1974 Q1/Lite ran on an 758:processor. In January of the following year, 513:Mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers 504:History of computing hardware (1960s–present) 394: 8643:Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer 8181:"McCracken leaves SGI; 700 to 1000 laid off" 7896:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 7016: 6989: 6983: 6273: 6219: 6047: 5214:Encyclopedia of Computer Science 3rd Edition 4886: 3062:amongst a vast collection of other devices. 3023:, which was widely deployed in education. A 2511:maintenance, typeahead and keyboard macros. 2058: 1331:Several Q1s were ordered for use in various 7308: 6550: 6382:"Personal Computer Market Share: 1975–2004" 6056:"SCAMP: The Missing Link In The PC's Past?" 5979: 5572:"---+ 1000 BiT +--- Computer's description" 5185: 5036:, a 1974 microprocessor-based microcomputer 4700:can be programmed and reasoned about using 4464:into the first decade of the 21st century. 4179: 3526:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 3487: 8408: 7173: 7063: 7010: 6866: 6153:Rom Publications Corporation (July 1977). 5212:Anthony Ralston and Edwin D. Reilly (ed), 5030:a 1974 pre-microprocessor "micro-computer" 4899:. The Tri-Gate design is a variant of the 3639:to users of the personal computer. During 3237:, though only a small portion of Japanese 2909: 2796:The Soviet Sonet Baltica ZX Spectrum Clone 2308:(released in 1983) and two diskette drives 2091:The 1976 Fairchild Channel F Games Console 1056:, released in 1965 by the Italian company 401: 387: 8422: 8206: 7847:"AMD paints Opteron chips by the numbers" 7764:"Compaq to buy Digital for $ 9.6 billion" 6375: 6373: 6371: 5985: 5956:"What Was The First PC? - CHM Revolution" 5845:Magazine, Smithsonian; Boorstein, Aaron. 4840:Released in December 1996, ACPI replaced 4294:IBM clones, Apple back into profitability 4018: 3853:the dominant windowing implementation on 3627:in 1985 through Apple's partnership with 3546:Learn how and when to remove this message 2950:ultimately selling at least 2.5 million. 2148:was released. An expansion module called 1930:computer released by another club member 1895:The Homebrew Computer Club was formed by 1884: 1472:in 1973, was the first computer to use a 1033: 847:Learn how and when to remove this message 68:Learn how and when to remove this message 8821:– a chronology of computers from 1947 on 8815:– Displaying over 100 historic machines. 8178: 7910: 7761: 6282:"Technology; The Computer Entering Home" 6279: 4823:synchronous dynamic random-access memory 4577: 4422: 4297: 4222: 4126: 4083: 4051: 3956: 3914:to coincide with the release of the IBM 3783:The Rise of the Graphical User Interface 3658: 3557: 3365: 3357: 3349: 3254: 3149:From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, 2981: 2913: 2884: 2841: 2791: 2749:. Clive Sinclair had originally founded 2729: 2680: 2670: 2579: 2469: 2389: 2355:The high price of the Apple II, lack of 2294: 2252: 2188: 2184: 2134: 2086: 2083:Games Consoles and the Personal Computer 1955: 1798: 1709: 1688: 1662: 1602: 1452: 1395: 1348: 1174: 1090: 1043: 1000: 695:used in prior generations of computers. 8739: 7870: 7229:IBM PC 5150 Technical Reference 6361453 7088: 6933:Mitchell, Peter W. (6 September 1983). 6776: 6531: 6506: 6459: 6410: 6124: 6004:Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center, 1979. 5620: 5527: 5370: 5158: 5134:IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 4962:, 16.4 percent laptops and 2.1 percent 4751:Three former SGI employees had founded 4076:shut down hardware operations in 1993. 3789:History of the graphical user interface 2530: 2316:(known as "Woz"), a regular visitor to 2249:1977 and the emergence of the "Trinity" 8837: 8385: 7662:"Apple's Mac OS X to Ship on March 24" 7151: 6901:The first decade of personal computing 6553:"From Zero to a Billion in Five Years" 6379: 6368: 6347: 6280:Schuyten, Peter J. (6 December 1978). 5323:Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute 5304:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 4629: 4435:(Universal Serial Bus) ports for easy 4196:. These new computers made use of new 2584:The VisiCalc spreadsheet is the first 1976: 1448: 1170: 869:in a June 1949 news article about the 488:field" in its first edition. In 1975, 151:Free software and open-source software 8758: 8720: 8512: 8491:Li, Yanping; Gao, Yuan (6 May 2022). 8490: 8275:"VIA Apollo Pro 266: The P3 gets DDR" 8232: 7822:"AMD Athlon 64 microprocessor family" 7762:Kanellos, Michael (26 January 1998). 7046:"The Coming Crisis in Home Computers" 6855: 6838: 6821: 6148: 6146: 6120: 6118: 5319:What was the first personal computer? 5078:"Wired 8.12: Must Read: The First PC" 5075: 4865:Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 4672:, including several versions of both 3961:A Silicon Graphics Octane workstation 3801:) into a fully functional product by 3612:, a bit-mapped graphics program, and 3144: 1969:tape interface for storage and a 12" 1258:in 1979 used in the original IBM PC. 1195:technology (from an original idea by 1125:they had developed). This became the 8742:The History of the Personal Computer 8640: 7987: 7789:"COMPAQ TO ACQUIRE TANDEM COMPUTERS" 7069: 6825:BBC Micro Teletext System User Guide 6779:"BBC Computer Literacy Project Memo" 5071: 5069: 5067: 5052:List of pioneers in computer science 4728: 3711:and had been used previously in the 3524:adding citations to reliable sources 3491: 2320:meetings, designed the single-board 1814:The Altair 8800 was introduced in a 1484:(GUI), concepts first introduced by 796: 717:A few researchers at places such as 17: 8830:Obsolete Technology – Old Computers 8794:the people and the technology (PDF) 8785:A history of the personal computer: 8179:Einstein, David (29 October 1997). 7515:chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk 7511:"Chris's Acorns: Acorn Risc PC 600" 7311:"A comprehensive history of the PC" 7225: 6893: 6348:Reimer, Jeremy (14 December 2005). 5336:"Origins of: The Personal Computer" 4895:announced the commercialisation of 4825:(DDR SDRAM) is introduced in 2000. 4634:The invention in the late 1970s of 4379:Writable CDs, MP3, P2P file sharing 4247:CPU and used the proprietary Acorn 3593:advertisement during the Super Bowl 3161:in 1979, continuing with the 8-bit 2889:1979: the Texas Instruments TI-99/4 2773:in the following year (sold as the 2698:, as well as the hugely successful 13: 8702:. McGraw-Hill Companies. pp. 8634: 8437: 8411:"Intel enters the third dimension" 8272: 8039: 8013: 7988:Team, Editorial (16 August 2019). 7460:"HP gaining on Dell in PC battles" 7335:Aris Mpitziopoulos (3 July 2016). 7199: 6143: 6115: 5491:] the Programma 101 to market. 5186:Horn, B.; Winston, P. (May 1975). 4683: 4598:. Also in the early 21st century, 4467: 4418: 3631:. This partnership introduced the 2645:The early 1980s and home computers 1565:and full function keyboard. SCAMP 1416: 557:computer-aided design and drafting 92: 14: 8866: 8778: 8725:. Allan Publishing. p. 528. 8668:. Authors Choice Press. pp. 8520:"PCs: More than 1 billion served" 8207:Schonfeld, Erick (1 April 2009). 8142:Mayhew, D.; Krishnan, V. (2003). 7990:"Networking History in the 1970s" 6795: 6777:Salkeld, Roberts (16 June 1981). 6653: 6054:Friedl, Paul J. (November 1983). 5530:"Oral History of Federico Faggin" 5358:"The IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer" 5064: 4932:chips. At the ≈10 nm scale, 4740:, and the ability of clusters of 4657:that could also be linked to the 4227:Acorn Risc PC 600 with two slices 3482:Peripheral Component Interconnect 3003:(released 1981). The machine was 2257:The three computers whose makers 1622:Operating systems were common on 1385: 1080: 671:Microprocessor and cost reduction 141:Software configuration management 8819:Chronology of Personal Computers 8604: 8578: 8560: 8538: 8484: 8457: 8431: 8402: 8386:Shimpi, Anand Lal (4 May 2011). 8379: 8357: 8332: 8292: 8266: 8252: 8226: 8200: 8135: 8110: 8085: 8059: 8033: 8007: 7981: 7955: 7930: 7911:Bangeman, Eric (2 August 2004). 7904: 7864: 7839: 7814: 7781: 7755: 7729: 7712:"History Of The USB Flash Drive" 7704: 7679: 7654: 7629: 7604: 7579: 7554: 7538:. 29 August 2016. Archived from 7528: 7503: 7070:Lock, Robert C. (January 1986). 7044:Pollack, Andrew (19 June 1983). 6731:"List of all Commodore 64 games" 6509:Commodore: A Company on the Edge 6484: 6380:Reimer, Jeremy (December 2005). 6325:. September 1995. Archived from 6249:Inventing the Electronic Century 5104:"9100A desktop calculator, 1968" 4574:Wi-Fi, LCD monitor, flash memory 4439:connectivity to devices such as 4218: 4068:. Despite its pioneering use of 3496: 3345: 2717:Commodore's introduction of the 2412:processor. It was essentially a 2020:they were able to write a BASIC 1684: 1374:and was later renamed Prologue. 1179:Intel 4004 with the chip exposed 924:The LGP-30 was an off-the-shelf 801: 415:history of the personal computer 370: 369: 22: 7913:"64-bit Xeon systems announced" 7478: 7452: 7427: 7402: 7376: 7354: 7328: 7309:John Knight (10 January 2021). 7302: 7277: 7252: 7236: 7219: 7193: 7167: 7145: 7116: 6910: 6899:Ahl, David H. (1984 November). 6849: 6832: 6815: 6789: 6770: 6756:"Best-selling desktop computer" 6748: 6723: 6698: 6673: 6647: 6622: 6605:"List of all ZX Spectrum games" 6597: 6571: 6500: 6453: 6433: 6411:Lemmons, Phil (November 1982). 6404: 6341: 6309: 6239: 6213: 6188: 6163: 6090: 6074: 6007: 5994: 5973: 5948: 5920: 5892: 5864: 5838: 5810: 5782: 5757: 5729: 5701: 5675: 5646: 5614: 5585: 5564: 5539: 5521: 5496: 5471: 5450: 5425: 5414: 5389: 5364: 5350: 5338:. Caltech Magazine. 15 May 2023 5328: 5312: 3952: 3354:Columbia Data Products MPC 1600 1864:, so starting it up required a 1770:magazine. The first product of 1768:Electronics Today International 1213:. Japanese electronics company 1157:small-scale integrated circuits 937:word computer with a 4096-word 706:MOS chip, developed in 1968 by 8744:. Franklin Watts. p. 64. 7174:Tim Danton (3 December 2021). 6551:Hogan, Thom (31 August 1981). 6532:Helmers, Carl (January 1980). 6220:Adam Hartley (29 April 2010). 5593:"Olivetti Programma P101/P102" 5547:"Olivetti Programma P101/P102" 5397:"Olivetti Programma P101/P102" 5266: 5230: 5216:, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993 5206: 5179: 5159:Helmers, Carl (October 1975). 5152: 5125: 5096: 5076:Aaron, Clark (December 2000). 4948: 4783:for conventional 2D software. 4184:In 1994, Apple introduced the 4135:IBM introduced its successful 3453:Industry Standard Architecture 3281:of 1983. The XT added a 10 MB 2972:Guinness book of World Records 2925:Realizing that the monochrome 1788: 1561:compact cassette drive, small 967:designed by John Lentz at the 777:manufacturers. The very first 585:and larger minicomputers from 1: 8845:History of computing hardware 8809:in Brantford, Ontario, Canada 7386:. 27 May 2023. Archived from 7130:. 54–59. LINC Japan: 18. 1999 5683:"Oral-History:Tadashi Sasaki" 5483:The Old Calculator Web Museum 5462:The Old Calculator Web Museum 5057: 4486:Digital Equipment Corporation 3813:The British graphics company 3244: 3066:Commodore price war and crash 2433:version early the next year. 1877:operating system loaded from 1646:and established his company, 1254:in 1978 and the cost-reduced 1240:Computer Terminal Corporation 587:Digital Equipment Corporation 6448:(2). Byte Publications: 190. 6252:. Harvard University Press. 6000:Thacker, Charles P., et al. 5042:, another 1974 microcomputer 4925:. HBM was released in 2013. 4846:MultiProcessor Specification 4646:) and with shared printers. 4614:(see following section) and 4509:line for desktop computers, 4251:graphical operating system. 3817:had released the GUI driven 3484:(PCI) was released in 1992. 3442:In 1984, IBM introduced the 3289:In 1980, IBM had approached 2977: 2628:In an anecdote recounted by 2164:in 1984 with a similar aim. 2014:processing city traffic data 1544: 1276:National Semiconductor SC/MP 665:Augmentation Research Center 639:gave what was later called " 444: 361:Glossary of computer science 7: 8156:10.1109/CONECT.2003.1231473 8150:. IEEE Comput. Soc: 21–29. 7587:"Apple acquires Next, Jobs" 7414:www.computinghistory.org.uk 6919:Compute! Magazine Issue 037 6875:"A Microcomputing Timeline" 6464:. Winnipeg: Variant Press. 6200:www.computinghistory.org.uk 5631:United States Patent Office 5167:. pp. 4, col 3, para 2 4982: 4586:In the early 21st century, 4480:. Compaq itself had bought 4449:personal digital assistants 4122: 4070:object-oriented programming 2874: 2725: 2700:Atari Video Computer System 2576:VisiCalc and the killer app 2284: 1658: 1495:Corporation introduced the 1338: 1139: 941:. Standard inputs were the 827:the claims made and adding 754:computer kit, based on the 631:published an essay called " 497: 484:'s May 1976 usage of " the 48:the claims made and adding 10: 8871: 8645:. WorldComm. p. 304. 7017:Lock, Robert (June 1983). 6317:"Most Important Companies" 6284:. Business & Finance. 6127:Commodore: The Amiga Years 6002:Alto: A personal computer. 5325:. Accessed: 15 March 2008. 5140:(4). IEEE Journal: 70–71. 4521:released the 64-bit based 4492: 4207:, to replace the previous 4203:processors as part of the 3786: 3683:had seen a preview of the 3248: 3127:with it?'" The founder of 3069: 2878: 2674: 2648: 2463: 2383: 2288: 1949: 1888: 1792: 1642:in 1974 as an O/S for the 1389: 1342: 1183:In 1967, Italian engineer 1143: 1084: 1037: 994: 956: 952: 917: 882: 549:Carnegie Mellon University 501: 8855:History of Silicon Valley 8740:Sherman, Josepha (2003). 6990:Bisson, Gigi (May 1986). 6907:, vol. 10, no. 11: p. 30. 5528:Hendrie, Gardner (2004). 5371:Hiltzik, Michael (2000). 5226:Digital Computers History 5018:Expensive Desk Calculator 4887:Semiconductor fabrication 4842:Advanced Power Management 4702:symmetric multiprocessing 4552: 4079: 3328:Seattle Computer Products 3108:Consumer Electronics Show 2459: 2059:Other machines of the era 2001:heard about the upcoming 1945: 1722:, which was published in 1193:self-aligned silicon gate 1189:Metal Oxide Semiconductor 1005:The LINC in use in a home 913: 469:'s usage in a 1974 book, 118:Hardware 1960s to present 8807:publicly viewable museum 8803:Personal Computer Museum 8478:10.1557/PROC-0997-I04-08 8409:Cartwright, Jon (2011). 7687:"The History of the DVD" 7264:historyofinformation.com 6798:"The BBC Micro turns 30" 5437:www.powerhousemuseum.com 5375:. Orion Business Books. 5146:10.1109/MAHC.2000.887997 5013:Personal Computer Museum 4994:History of mobile phones 4939: 4881: 4803: 4717: 4180:Power Macintosh, PowerPC 4092:In the early 1990s, the 4042: 3736:operating system called 3654: 3601:graphical user interface 3599:-driven computer with a 3488:Apple Lisa and Macintosh 3444:IBM Personal Computer/AT 3072:Video game crash of 1983 2894:development capability. 2572:by Fujitsu (see below). 2291:Apple II (1977 computer) 2227:forward error correction 1856:The Altair contained no 1611:Into the late 1970s, an 1581:or HP 9800 offered only 1504:graphical user interface 1482:graphical user interface 1294:On December 11th, 1972, 1282:which would produce the 1111:IBM Selectric typewriter 878: 624:, and special software. 614:graphical user interface 220:Graphical user interface 8572:4 December 2008 at the 8186:San Francisco Chronicle 7562:"RISC OS Open: Welcome" 6540:. pp. 6–10, 93–98. 6507:Bagnall, Brian (2010). 6490:"TRS-80 the "Trash-80"" 6460:Bagnall, Brian (2007). 6125:Bagnall, Brian (2017). 5960:www.computerhistory.org 5252:Computer History Museum 4857:operating system kernel 4835: 4151: 4047: 2910:VIC-20 and Commodore 64 2857:Miles Gordon Technology 2370:Atari 400 and Atari 800 1598: 1593:Smithsonian Institution 1400:Intel Intellec 4 Mod 40 1224:Nara Women's University 1152:Computer History Museum 990: 641:The Mother of All Demos 169:Artificial intelligence 8763:. 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The Lisa ran on a 3520:improve this section 3175:Hitachi Basic Master 3116:vertical integration 2734:Sinclair ZX Spectrum 2667:in the early 1980s. 2551:Hitachi Basic Master 2531:The Japanese Trinity 1846:Teletype Corporation 1377:R2E was absorbed by 965:vacuum-tube computer 928:manufactured by the 926:vacuum-tube computer 693:magnetic-core memory 559:was foreshadowed by 215:General-purpose CPUs 199:Software engineering 113:Hardware before 1960 86:History of computing 8790:2 July 2006 at the 8641:Veit, Stan (1993). 8375:on 13 October 1999. 8273:Shimpi, Anand Lal. 8040:Shimpi, Anand Lal. 8014:Shimpi, Anand Lal. 7206:www.theregister.com 7089:Szczepaniak, John. 6802:www.theregister.com 6660:www.theregister.com 6156:197707 ROM V 1 I 01 6021:on 13 November 2013 5595:. old-computers.com 5549:. old-computers.com 5399:. old-computers.com 5286:on 22 December 2015 4999:History of software 4915:Through-silicon via 4897:Tri-gate transistor 4636:local area networks 4630:Local area networks 3867:in 1984. 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