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History of personal computers

The history of personal computers as mass-market consumer electronic devices began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive 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…

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The beginnings of the personal computer industry

EDSACEdmund BerkeleyALUVacuum-tube computerLibrascope
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1977 and the emergence of the "Trinity"

Commodore PET 2001Tandy TRS-80Byte ShopSteve JobsRonald Wayne
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The early 1980s and home computers

Price warGame consoleSinclair Research LtdSir Clive SinclairCambridge
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The IBM PC

PC XTHard driveDorothy McEwenMP/M86-DOS
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The beginnings of the personal computer industry

1977 and the emergence of the "Trinity"

VisiCalc and the killer app

The early 1980s and home computers

The IBM PC

Apple Lisa and Macintosh

Amiga

The rise of the graphical user interface

Workstations

IBM PC clones dominate

1990s and 2000s

2010s

Market size

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History of personal computers

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Xerox PARC were working on computers that a single person could useinstance ofin 1971.A few researchers at places0.80text
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versatile networksinstance ofin 1971.A few researchers at places0.80text
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it may have done very well at its price-point ofinstance ofthe Kenbak-1 was competing against timeshares of more capable and established computers0.80text
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the Wang 2200 or HP 9800 offered only BASICinstance ofand most desktop sized microcomputers0.80text

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