Current day personal computers (or 'PCs') are vastly different to the early computers described here. The modern PC was made possible by the development of the microprocessor in the early 1970s.

At this time there was little or no notion that computers could or would be used by individuals for either work or recreation. Early computers stored data on punched card. Those that stored ...

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Created by British-American software publisher and computer designer Adam Osborne, the Osborne 1 is recognized as the first commercially successful portable computer, shipping in April 1981, at ...

The PC turbo button and LED clock speed display were common features on early personal computers. Wanting to add a little retro chic to his modern battle-station, [Matthew Frost] assembled a ...

The slew of early Amazon Big Spring Sale deals we've found so far has pulled in an M4 offering. Apple's smallest computer ...

The "capacitor plague" of the early 2000s was real and fairly widespread ... dire ways from 2002 through (perhaps) 2007. Boards and computers bought from Abit, HP, IBM, and, infamously, Dell ...

Serial ports are widely used by sensors for data acquisition, and they were standard on early computers for connecting a modem, mouse and other peripherals. Old Macs used the serial port for printers.

At a time when practical graphical user interfaces were only just becoming a reality on desktop computers ... his CAD model of this early computer peripheral is available under the Creative ...