30 Apr
2012
30 Apr
'12
12:03 p.m.
ah but the original poster wasn't talking about the first personal computer,it was
talking about when the REAL history started.
and for that, I think we need to stick to when something became a household name,or enough
that most people knew what it was.
even then, we're going to have the divide of the pacific/oceans.
for this, I think we need to look at the TRS-80, the apple or the early atari computers.
TRS-80 nov/77 let's say 1978Apple II apr/77atari 400 - 1979 - loses the racecommodore
pet - 1977 - announced in jan shipped in oct
so the pet and the apple II ran head to head, though I don't recall it this way.
commodore ended up winning the home pc war, still outselling any computer to present day.
Dan.
From: cclist at sydex.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:54:00 -0700
Subject: RE: "When the REAL history started" (Was: Gone extinct
On 30 Apr 2012 at 10:14, Fred Cisin wrote:
There is likely to be peace in the middle east
before THAT war dies
down.
And largely is irrelevant. Personally, I think that the Viatron
(1967) has the edge on being "the first" personal computer.
--Chuck