When the definitive history of the personal computer is written, familiar and historic names such as Olivetti, Apple, IBM, will all be given recognition for their innovations of the 1960s and 1970s.
As ubiquitous as they might be now, in the 1970s, few things were more mysterious and unknown than the “personal computer.” For years, these shadowy, ever-shrinking machines had been touted as the ...
Apple's first Macintosh - the technology that revolutionised personal computers - turns 40 today. The "game-changing" computer first went on sale on 24 January 1984, two days after being introduced to ...
The 40-year-old original Apple Macintosh is a museum piece but a few enthusiastic fans still own and use the devices (Credit: Alamy) On 24 January 1984, the Apple Macintosh 128K personal computer was ...
One of Apple’s earliest computers has sold at auction for £371,000. The Apple 1, also known as the Apple I, cost $666.66 (£525) when launched in 1976 – equivalent to £3,600 today. It came as a kit ...
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. The ...
During an era when the typical "small computer" with accessories could easily fill half a room and cost tens of thousands of dollars, an engineer named Ed Roberts (at his firm MITS) designed a desktop ...
The Apple Lisa 1 was a commercial failure when it launched in 1983, but could now sell at auction for £25,000 The first ever computer to come with a mouse has emerged for sale for £25,000 Credit: ...
David Blatner still has practically every Macintosh computer he ever bought. But one in particular stands out – the first. He remembers the neat way the screen was laid out; the glossy manual; the ...
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