Personal Computer History: 1975-1984
Although Microsoft was an early participant in the fledgling PC market, personal computer history does not begin with IBM or Microsoft. The MITS Altair 8800 was the first personal computer, debuted in 1975, and was followed by the IMSAI 8080, an Altair clone. Both used the Intel 8080 CPU. (Yes, cloning has been around that long!) In the same year, Zilog introduced the Z-80 CPU, and MOS Technology released the 6502. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Micro-soft after writing a BASIC compiler for the Altair. The Apple I, Apple's only "kit" computer (you had to add a keyboard, power supply, and enclosure to the built motherboard), was designed around the 6502 processor in 1976 by Apple's two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak). Electric Pencil, the first word processor, and Adventure, the first text adventure for microcomputers, were both released in that year. XEM THÊM : Kinh nghiệm chơi bầu cua online luôn thắng được chia sẻ hàng đầu When Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston released...