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History of PC timeline

History of PC timeline. By. Tae-young Jang Alexander Colby. Personal Computers.

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History of PC timeline

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  1. History of PC timeline By. Tae-young Jang Alexander Colby

  2. Personal Computers • Personal Computer (PC) is a machine enabled people to work calculations or instructions quickly. PCs are also able to interface with worldwide communication networks, such as the Internet and the graphics-based information database known as the World Wide Web, to find and send information on any subject. They are now essential device which is commonly used in everyday life. Let's learn history of PC!!

  3. Evolution of PC! click on the pictures for more info!

  4. Altair 8800 • The MITS Altair was the first 8080 based  kit microcomputer. It was first introduced in the January, 1975.   Although it was not the first available microcomputer to use, it was the start of the industry.

  5. The SOL- First 8080 Desktop • In 1977, Processor Technology company designed and sold a full line of boards for the S-100 computers.  The SOL became a very popular computer that influenced the design of  future computers

  6. Apple II • The Apple II was the first personal computer with color graphics.It was cheap and easy to use. Development of  the VisiCalc spreadsheet program made Apple II as an important tool for business.

  7. TRS-80 (Trash 80) • Radio Shack's  TRS-80 selling for about $500 complete with video monitor and BASIC took the personal computer market by storm.  It became the most popular personal computer in schools and homes so they were rivals of Apple II. 

  8. Brief history of computers 1977 APPLE II(first PC) 500.B.C Abacus(counting board) 1946 ENIAC(first electronic computer) 1991 World Wide Web is launched.

  9. Questions • 1.When was the MITS Altair 8800 first introduced to the public? • 2.What company designed and sold the first 8080 desktop computer? • 3.What was it called? • 4.What was the first PC capable of colour graphics? • 5.What computer became a rivalling opponent for Apple II? • 6.What machine won the colour graphics race? • 7.What machine was one of the first computers designed as a complete desktop machine, including monitor, floppy disks and keyboard? • 8.How long ago does the abacus(counting board) date back? • 9.What is ENIAC? • 10.In what was the World Wide Web launched?

  10. Answer keys • 1. It was first introduced in an issue of popular electronics magazine as a construction project. • 2. It was Processor Technology company3. • 3. It was called the SOL. • 4. The APPLE II • 5. Radio Shack’s TRS 80. • 6. The Atari-800. • 7. Heath, and was later bought by Zenith. • 8. About 500 BC. • 9. The first electronic computer. • 10. In 1991.

  11. Bibliography • http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/ • http://www.computerhope.com/history/ • www.pc-history.org • www.islandnet.com/~kpolscon/comphist/ The end!

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