[cctalk] Re: Experience using an Altair 8800 ("Personal computer" from 70s)

c'mon guys, the altair was the first device with a CPU chip and memory --marketed to INDIVIDUALS, with the expectation that only one person or one related family will use it --intended to be for GENERAL PURPOSE Two, IMHO, requirements for a PERSONAL COMPUTER. Note that a "personal computer" can be used by business or colleges also without being disqualified to being a personal computer earlier devices were targeted as TRAINERS, controllers, or for embeded use, or sold to organizations (business or colleges) the LGP-30 was used by one person AT A TIME, but on different days used by different people, who might or might not know each other, by some arbitrary scheduling algorithm. The one I was familiar with was run by a tech or grad student, doing work not for self, but for another, definitely outside the realm of "personal" (I could be mistaken about the mentioned 8008 device, but I think that was a training device, no?) <pre>--Carey</pre>