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

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 13:53:39 1999

> re: WHAT WAS the first PC....
> The answer IBM... They called their personal computer the PC.

BEFORE the 5150, PC was occasionally used to mean "Personal Computer"!
A few miles form my house, there was a store named "PC World"!. But they
folded up before 8/11/1981.

Therefore, I maintain that IBM can not even be credited with NAMING the
field.


Although it is obviously a requirement for SOME people's definition, I
remember a few machines without CRTs, that used printing terminals for
I/O. Being able to run FORTRAN on one, it met _MY_ requirements for a
"personal computer".
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 13:53:39 BST