The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the 80s

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 02:13:48 1999

> Ah, but what was the first Microcomputer (including at least a monitor with
> bitmap display, some sort of disk or floppy drive, as standard features,
> and 'personal' in nature)?

Since you've ruled out vector displays, the earliest one I used was a PDP-8/e
with a VT8-E raster display interface and an RK02 disk (or was it RK03?).
First available in 1971 if memory serves, though I didn't use it until the
late 70s.
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 02:13:48 BST