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On Transistors & Computers

The (pre)history of the PC

  • TINKERING WITH TRANSISTORS (1968)

  • LEARNING TO PROGRAM ON A CALCULATOR (1977)

   
Texas Instruments TI-58

  • THE FIRST PC-HARDWARE (1988)


IBM-compatible PC-XT
Internal memory 640 kB
Nó hard-disk !
2 Floppy drives
Processorspeed 4MHz (10Mhz with 'turbo')
Monochrome 12' display



Star LC-10
9-needle matrixprinter

  • ... AND THE ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE


GW-Basic


Windows 1.0 Clock


Dbase III+ database


Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet