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Key Points In November 1975, the electronics engineer Robert M. (Bob) Marsh founded the Processor Technology company in Berkeley, California. He […]
While the name might not ring a bell, the Sinclair ZX80 computer is one of the most important predecessors to […]
4 Facts about Simon Personal Communicator The History of Simon Personal Communicator: What to Know Touted as the world’s first smartphone, the […]
The SCELBI-8H was a personal computer that came in a kit form or assembled. It featured the 8-bit Intel 8008 […]
In 1987, the Texas Instruments’ engineer John Fairbanks (EE ’71 ’71’71 from Missouri University of Science and Technology) started […]
Four Facts About the Xerox NoteTaker The History of Xerox NoteTaker: What to Know The NoteTaker was one of the first portable […]
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At the time (around the middle of the 20th century) when a few people knew the word “computer”, and the […]
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4 Facts About Osborne 1 The History of Osborne 1: What to know Released on April 3, 1981, Osborne 1 is touted […]
Macintosh History The Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers manufactured by Apple Inc. The […]
The Micral Computer was created in 1973 by the French company Réalisation d’Études Électroniques. This was a series of micro-computers […]
Three Facts About IBM PC 5150 The History of IBM PC 5150: What To Know The biggest computer manufacturer in the world […]
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Many of today’s most essential electronic devices started as nothing more than just a small idea in a laboratory at […]
5 Facts About Kenbak-1 Kenbak-1 History Kenbak-1 is famously regarded as the first stored-program personal computer created. Created by John V. Blankenbaker […]
Five Facts about Portable Computer Portable Computer History The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable computer made by the Osborne […]
While companies like IBM have stood the test of time and remain instantly recognizable brand names in the computer world, […]
From today’s perspective, a calculator is decidedly not a computer. You couldn’t do a fraction of the things on a […]
Grid Compass William (Bill) Moggridge (b. 1943), a British industrial and interaction designer, the current director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, […]
The History of DynaBook: A Complete Guide Ph.D. candidate Alan Kay envisions the concept of the DynaBook in 1968. He originally […]
Three Facts about Hewlett Packard 9100A The History of Hewlett Packard 9100A: What To Know Development of the Hewlett-Packard 9100A started in […]
Computer Trainer Model 650 The Computer Trainer Model 650 (named also CT-650), developed by Irving Becker, was one of the earliest […]
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Commodore 64 (commonly known as the C64 or CBM 64) was manufactured by Commodore Business Machine (CBM) in August 1982 […]
4 Facts About Apple II The Apple II’s central processor unit was based on a MOS 6502 CPU. It came with […]
Datapoint 2200 was a standalone computer terminal that performed several functions, including printing payroll checks, tracking inventory, and recording shipments. […]
Can you imagine a world where our computers, phones, tablets, televisions, and even something as simple as our car’s digital […]