On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Joe wrote:
> >Is it not true, then, that Ed Roberts coined the term 'personal computer'
> >to describe the Altair? (That's the legend I've been led to believe.)
>
> I don't know if he did or not but the Altair wasn't announced til
> January 1976 or 77 (I don't remember which but I have the magazine that it
> was announced in.) The IBM 5100 was already in production in 1975.
The Altair article was in the Popular Electronics January 1975 issue. The
cover headline is "World's First Minicomputer Kit to Rival Commercial
Models... "ALTAIR 8800" SAVE OVER $1000"
> Joe
ttyl
srw
Received on Sun Jan 11 1998 - 18:07:08 GMT
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