One of only ten surviving Kenbak-1 personal computers from 1971 has sold at auction for €34,000 (US$36,500). Judged the "first commercially available personal computer" in 1987 by a panel at the ...

Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing. Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing. Up until the early 1970s components were just too expensive, or ...

Today, a brand-new computer costs just a few hundred dollars and has capabilities that in 1972 were in the realm of science fiction. The advent of the personal computer is one of the most important ...

Following is a brief summary of the generations of computers based on their hardware and software architecture. See computer revolution. The mid to late-1970s spawned the microprocessor and personal ...

I have just given the Personal Computer definition situation a bit of thought. In the past there wasn't much difference in what most people constituted a Personal Computer. Nowadays (and especially ...