The history of personal computers as mass-market consumer electronic devices began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, a
The LINC in use in a home
The Olivetti Programma 101
1970: Datapoint 2200
An Intel 4004 with the chip exposed
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Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner S
Jobs in 2010
The childhood family home of Steve Jobs on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California, is the original site of Apple Computer. The home was added to a list of historic Los Altos sites in 2013.
Jobs' Homestead High School yearbook photo, 1972
A Macintosh prototype, c. 1981