11 Jan
1998
11 Jan
'98
10:07 a.m.
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Joe wrote:
The Altair article was in the Popular Electronics January 1975 issue. The
cover headline is "World's First Minicomputer Kit to Rival Commercial
Models... "ALTAIR 8800" SAVE OVER $1000"
Is it not true,
then, that Ed Roberts coined the term 'personal computer'
to describe the Altair? (That's the legend I've been led to believe.)
I don't know if he did or not but the Altair wasn't announced til
January 1976 or 77 (I don't remember which but I have the magazine that it
was announced in.) The IBM 5100 was already in production in 1975. Joe
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