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History of Computers (1989–2004) in PC World excerpts; How It Works – The Computer, 1971 and 1979 editions, by David Carey, illustrated by B. H. Robinson; PC History Stan Veit's classic work on the history of Pre-IBM personal computers. WWW-VL: Internet History Archived 2020-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
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 price rapidly dropped, creating a price war and causing the departure of numerous companies from the home computing market. Total C64 sales during its lifetime (from 1982 to 1994) are estimated at more than 17 million units [citation needed], making it the best-selling computer model of all time. October 1982 US
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By 1982, an estimated 621,000 home computers were in American households, at an average sales price of US$530 (equivalent to $1,673 in 2023). [19] After the success of the Radio Shack TRS-80 , the Commodore PET , and the original Apple II in 1977, almost every manufacturer of consumer electronics rushed to introduce a home computer.
Whether it’s a first-generation iPod or a retro gaming console (looking at you, Game Boy), here are 10 outdated devices that fetch impressive prices. 1. First-Generation iPhone
The Making of the Micro: A History of the Computer. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-22240-8. Fagen, M. D. (editor), National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975), Volume II of A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978) Freed, Les (1995). The History of Computers. Ziff Davis. ISBN 1-56276-275-3.
SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer) demonstrated at US NBS in Washington, DC – was the first fully functional stored-program computer in the U.S. May 1950: UK The Pilot ACE computer, with 800 vacuum tubes, and mercury delay lines for its main memory, became operational on 10 May 1950 at the National Physical Laboratory near London.