Following the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer in 1981, many other personal computer architectures became extinct within just a few years. It led to a wave of IBM PC compatible systems being
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150)
Compaq Portable
Internal view of an IBM PC compatible computer
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Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the f
Children playing Paperboy on an Amstrad CPC 464 in 1988
The often sprawling nature of a well-outfitted home computer is evident with this Tandy Color Computer 3, released in 1986.
The three computers Byte magazine retrospectively called the "1977 Trinity" (L-R): Commodore PET 2001-8, Apple II, TRS-80 Model I.
Mary Allen Wilkes working on the LINC at home in 1965; thought to be the first home computer user