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
5:03 p.m.
<(if available at 1/4th of a year salery) and I can't see any
<difference to the situation in the 70s - the same group of electonic
<fascinated people would have taken the chance.
<
<The effect is just that there was no such device.
And ther ewas more importantly no concept of having/building one outside of
university circles (how did they do it!).
Allison
24 Apr
24 Apr
7:29 p.m.
New subject: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s id AA20656; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:48:08 -0400
On other point: Do you have any idea how many computers there were in
1952? Or their cost?
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
<(if available at 1/4th of a year salery) and I
can't see any
<difference to the situation in the 70s - the same group of electonic
<fascinated people would have taken the chance.
<
<The effect is just that there was no such device.
And ther ewas more importantly no concept of having/building one outside of
university circles (how did they do it!).
Allison
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
25 Apr
25 Apr
12:18 p.m.
New subject: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s id AA20656; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:48:08 -0400
At 08:29 PM 4/24/99 -0400, you wrote:
On other point: Do you have any idea how many
computers there were in
1952? Or their cost?
Although it isn't a census, a good list of implementations can be found at
http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/
This list is fairly complete as far as I can tell. It even has listed a
computer that was built, and not well publiscised, at Oregon State in the
mid 60's (Nebula.) The author was definitely thorough.
By my count, there were around 50 "systems" produced before 1952, but the
Univac I and Leo were listed as being born in that era, so you'd have to
know the extent of the "installed base" to get a real census.
Gary
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
<(if available at 1/4th of a year salery) and
I can't see any
<difference to the situation in the 70s - the same group of electonic
<fascinated people would have taken the chance.
<
<The effect is just that there was no such device.
And ther ewas more importantly no concept of having/building one outside of
university circles (how did they do it!).
Allison
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
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