24 May
2024
24 May
'24
2:40 p.m.
On Fri, May 24, 2024, 2:45 AM Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2024, Chuck Guzis wrote:
But was it called a "personal computer"? And was it designed to be
"personal"?
On 5/23/24 12:53, Dave Dunfield via cctalk
wrote:
> First Personal Computer (long before IBM PC)
This would go back to the 50s or earlier. The LGP-30 and comparable
machines are considered as personal computers, too.
First system
Bill Gates wrote code for (long before Microsoft)
Didn't he write code for DEC machines at his
school before that?
Yes, poorly.
I don't think the "first" applies in
this case. The MCM/70 used an 8008
But it doesn't meet the other criteria Dave laid out. Most people these
days have never heard of the Micral, but even normies might've heard of the
Altair 8800 because of the very notoriety it has today because of it's
significance back then.
Sellam
and was complete computer with storage and
display--something the MITS
8800 was not.
And looking beyond the Great American barrier ;-) there was the MICRAL N,
much earlier than the MITS, and considered as the first complete
commercial microprocessor based computer, i.e. not a kit and available to
normal customers.