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The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
The Centro de Investigaciones Digitales (CID, "Center for Digital Researches") was formed. The project was directed by Luis Carrasco and mostly designed by Orlando Ramos. The first version was designed using transistors, but after the introduction of integrated circuits, the design was changed.
The SPC-1000 is the first Z80-based personal computer produced by Samsung. [1] It was developed in South Korea , with built-in HuBASIC BASIC written by Hudson Soft in Japan. [ 2 ] The computer features a 4 MHz processor and 64 KB of RAM.
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC or simply computer, is a computer designed for individual use. [1] It is typically used for tasks such as word processing, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and gaming. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician.
The IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer is one of the first personal computers, in the sense of a computer to be used by one person whose previous experience with computing might only have been with desk calculators.
In its E.T configuration, the Gamma 3 drum memory could fit about 50,000 instructions for a capacity of 16,384 words (around 100 kB), a large amount for the time. [130] Front panel of the IBM 650. Compared to the UNIVAC, IBM introduced a smaller, more affordable computer in 1954 that proved very popular.
R2E CCMC Portal laptop. The portable microcomputer "Portal", of the French company R2E Micral CCMC, officially appeared in September 1980 at the Sicob show in Paris.The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the French firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting.
Ferranti Mark 1 components. Based on the Manchester Mark 1, [3] [8] which was designed at the University of Manchester by Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn, the machine was built by Ferranti of the United Kingdom.