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The History of the Personal Computer

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  • Altair 8800 Release

    Altair 8800 Release
    The Altair 8800 was released. It boasted only 256 bytes of memory. It lacked keyboard and monitor. There were switches on the front used to enter data in machine code (1s and 0s). Lights on the front were used to indicate results of a program.
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    Personal Computer History

  • Apple I

    Apple I
    The Apple I was built in Wozniak's garage.

  • Apple II

    Apple II
    The Apple II was born. The Apple II included a color monitor, sound and game paddles. It was priced around $1300 (about $4900 in today's dollars), one of its biggest innovations was that the operating system was stored in read-only memory (ROM). Previously the operating system had been rewritten everytime the computer was turned on. The Apple II eventually included a spreadsheet program, a word processor, and desktop publishing software.