On Thu, 23 May 2024, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 5/23/24 12:53, Dave Dunfield via cctalk wrote:
First Personal Computer (long before IBM PC)
This would go back to the 50s or earlier. The LGP-30 and comparable
machines are considered as personal computers, too.
First system Bill Gates wrote code for (long before Microsoft)
Didn't he write code for DEC machines at his school before that?
I don't think the "first" applies in this case. The MCM/70 used an 8008
and was complete computer with storage and display--something the MITS
8800 was not.
And looking beyond the Great American barrier ;-) there was the MICRAL N,
much earlier than the MITS, and considered as the first complete
commercial microprocessor based computer, i.e. not a kit and available to
normal customers.
Christian
