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The Advent of the first personal computers
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The Advent of the first personal computers Since the birth of the first personal computer, the explosion of computer technology has been growing at an alarming rate. But before the first ever PC was born it was dependent on two technical innovations; the integrated circuit (IC), developed in 1959; and the microprocessor, which first appeared in 1971. These are the two main lifelines for any computer without these two components the PC would have never had even existed it's like the brain and a heart of a PC. Get a keyboard, video monitor and memory connect them to the microprocessor and the - MICROCOMPUTER is born! The first desktop size system specifically designed for personal use appeared in 1975; it was called Altair, it was retailed for slightly less than US $ 400. It was designed around the Intel 8080 microprocessors and at the time cassette tape was used to store the information....
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