> > >Kenbak 1
> > >Scelbi 8h
> > >Mark-8
> > >IBM 5100
> > >Apple 1
> > >Altair 8800
> > >IMSAI 8080
> >
> > Hi
> > Missed the Poly88.
>
> If the IBM 5100 is classed as an 'early personal computer',
> why isn't the
> HP9830 also included?
Why stop there; why not the HP 9100A? As some may recall, Wired
declared it the "first" personal computer in that, inter alia, it was
the supposedly the first device that was marketed using the term
"personal computer" -- way back in 1968.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/mustread.html?pg=11
-W
Received on Fri Apr 11 2003 - 00:58:00 BST