The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based machine. A year later, IBM introduced the PS/2 with improved graphics, a new 3.5" floppy ...

The Altair didn't actually do much as a computer. It didn't have a screen or a keyboard or any software. But it filled a hole. It was the very first personal computer to be produced in fairly high ...

It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy. Pictured below: The Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates develop ...

Although the graphical user interface (GUI) owes its existence to the contribution of many great minds in the history of technology, Apple was first to market with a personal computer that ...

The design would serve as inspiration for the development of IBM's mass-market personal computer line. In 1988, the SCAMP prototype was exhibited at the National Museum of American History, with ...

If you’re looking for a simple Ardunio project, why not replicate the first personal computer? After discovering the Arduino, [Mark] realized recreating really old computers would be a fun project.

Over the top? In 1969, they featured a kitchen computer. Wait a minute! In 1969, computers were the purview of big companies, universities, and NASA, right? Well, not really. By that time ...

You might think your computer is old, but that's nothing compared to these ancient relics. Two of the world's very first personal computers have been discovered during a house clearance in London.

In the mid 1970s, two programmer-engineers set up a new computer manufacturing company called Apple and in 1977 introduced the world's first personal computer. Further developments in the late 70s ...