The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Apr 23 16:28:00 1999

That's actually quite true. The technology didn't yet exist in 1950-55 for
the hobbyist to expand on the initial concept and extend it into something
potentially useful or even marginally so. It probably wasn't even terribly
educational.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were
the80s


>
>> Just a couple of stray thoughts. While a person could possibly have
>> purchased a $300 computer in the 50's, why would they? What could they
>> have done with it? The answer is almost nothing. The only people who
>> might have been interested would have been ham radio or electronics
>> hobbysists, and they would very likely have built there own. I don't
>> even believe there was a viable used market for low cost computers in
>> the 50's, they would all have been enormous mainframes.
>
>Where is the difference to the 70s and 80s ?
>
>
>Gruss
>H.
>
>--
>Der Kopf ist auch nur ein Auswuchs wie der kleine Zeh.
>H.Achternbusch
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 16:28:00 BST