Re: Rewriting computing history...

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <atr73i$7iq$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>,
Ruud Dingemans  <rtech@home.nl> wrote:
 
> Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
>>>But that's the point. They were successful, and thus, did "ignite" the 
>>>personal computer revolution.
>> 
>>  Nah, the company that did "ignite" the personal computer revolution
>> was Intel, who created the very first microprocessor,
> 
> Nah again - the microprocessor had been around for years, from 1971 to 
> 1976 it didn't really do all that much at all.
> 
> The real "revolution" (in the sense that something huge and important on 
> a world scale actually began happening) was indeed in 1977 with the 
> introduction of the AII, PET and TRS80. It wasn't the start of 
> 'personal' computing (that was even around before the 4004, albeit 
> mostly in an embryonic state on machines like small pdp's),
 
...or on calculators.  I started my own personal computing using a
MECHANICAL calculator.....
 
> but it was that year when the revolution started. So Apple's claim
> isn't that far off after all.
 
Apple wasn't alone though....
 
>> Without the
>> microprocessor, there would have been no personal computers at all....
> 
> Oh yes there would, there were pc-type computers like the Alto at that 
> time for years, they would just internally look different.
 
They would have been bigger, and more expensive.
 
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