<Without question, to me, my first PC was the IBM 1130. The whole system fi
<in one room with plenty of space for storage, card reader, and line printe
<and all associated supplies. I could sit at the system console and do
<stuff, or just punch in my data on one of the keypunches, slip a program
but was it remotely possible to either make your own or even purchase
one? This is a loaded comment due to the way IBM marketed their machines.
I may add that without the peripherals (all expensive in their own right)
the machine was not as useable as some.
Personal... not quite. It did add weight the idea that computers didn't
need buildings built around them. It would be an afector.
Allison
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 17:48:32 BST