History of personal computers | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:00:54 1 Etymology
00:02:54 2 Overview
00:03:55 2.1 Mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers
00:07:40 2.2 Microprocessor and cost reduction
00:10:29 3 The beginnings of the personal computer industry
00:10:55 3.1 Simon
00:11:38 3.2 IBM 610
00:12:19 3.3 LINC
00:12:43 3.4 Olivetti Programma 101
00:14:10 3.5 MIR
00:14:49 3.6 Datapoint 2200
00:16:23 3.7 Kenbak-1
00:17:33 3.8 Micral N
00:18:50 3.9 Xerox Alto and Star
00:20:16 3.10 IBM SCAMP
00:21:29 3.11 IBM 5100
00:22:29 3.12 Altair 8800
00:25:29 3.13 Homebrew Computer Club
00:27:06 3.14 Other machines of the era
00:27:29 4 1977 and the emergence of the "Trinity"
00:28:16 4.1 Apple II
00:30:00 4.2 PET
00:32:08 4.3 TRS-80
00:34:08 5 Home computers
00:35:30 5.1 Atari 400/800
00:37:15 5.2 Sinclair
00:40:52 5.3 TI-99
00:41:56 5.4 VIC-20 and Commodore 64
00:42:59 5.5 BBC Micro
00:44:06 5.6 Commodore/Atari price war and crash
00:47:04 5.7 Japanese computers
00:48:20 6 The IBM PC
00:50:55 6.1 IBM PC clones
00:55:54 7 Apple Lisa and Macintosh
00:58:18 7.1 GUIs spread
00:59:59 8 PC clones dominate
01:01:47 9 1990s and 2000s
01:01:59 9.1 NeXT
01:02:37 9.2 CD-ROM
01:03:28 9.3 ThinkPad
01:04:13 9.4 Dell
01:04:59 9.5 Power Macintosh, PowerPC
01:05:44 9.6 Risc PC
01:06:11 9.7 BeBox
01:06:46 9.8 IBM clones, Apple back into profitability
01:08:37 9.9 Writable CDs, MP3, P2P file sharing
01:09:38 9.10 USB, DVD player
01:10:32 9.11 Hewlett-Packard
01:11:14 9.12 64 bits
01:12:09 9.13 Lenovo
01:13:11 9.14 Wi-Fi, LCD monitor, flash memory
01:14:25 9.15 Local area networks
01:15:08 9.16 Multiprocessing
01:16:00 9.17 ARM
01:16:25 9.18 PCI-E
01:16:44 9.19 Cheap 3D graphics
01:18:26 9.20 SDRAM
01:19:23 9.21 ACPI
01:20:24 10 2010s
01:20:33 10.1 Semiconductor fabrication
01:21:27 11 Market size
01:23:20 12 See also



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The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1980s. The 1981 launch of the IBM Personal Computer coined both the term Personal Computer and PC.  A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use,, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. After the development of the microprocessor, individual personal computers were low enough in cost that they eventually became affordable consumer goods. Early personal computers – generally called microcomputers – were sold often in electronic kit form and in limited numbers, and were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians.