The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s id AA20656; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:48:08 -0400
24 Apr
1999
24 Apr
'99
10:50 p.m.
<On other point: Do you have any idea how many computers there were in
<1952? Or their cost?
I do, do they? I think a number totaling under 20 would be about right.
the volume of computers were about to increase around '52 but the next
production step was the transistor machines.
Allison
25 Apr
25 Apr
7:50 a.m.
New subject: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s id AA20656; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:48:08 -0400
I think what they don't realise is that computers at this point had
names, not numbers. 20 is probably quite close. I know there's a site
that catalogues them. I think at this point, the firts generation IBM 600's
hadn't been been built yet, although they have been in planning.
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
<On other point: Do you have any idea how many
computers there were in
<1952? Or their cost?
I do, do they? I think a number totaling under 20 would be about right.
the volume of computers were about to increase around '52 but the next
production step was the transistor machines.
Allison
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
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