Message-ID: <67BAFB085CD7D21190B80090273F74A45B7D42@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "Da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos'" Subject: RE: Trivia Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:25:40 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com See below ... (Robert, if you get this twice, it means I "stuffed up" :-/) Joe. ____ | From: Robert W Moss | To: opendos AT delorie DOT com | Cc: | Sent: 09 November, 2000 04:46 PM | Subject: Re: Trivia | | | Joe, | I guess I will have to apologize to you. | There have a few dozen others called the first, but, | | YES, the first personal computer was published in | Radio Electronics in 1950 and 1951. It was only a | schematic and you had to find all the parts to build | it. The cost was variously quoted as "Under $1,000", | "about $600", and "about $300". | | I didn't get too many takers so I guess most of the | people | on the list are not interested in trivia or surfing | the net. | ----- snip ----- Wow!!! 1950/51 - That's incredible!!! This wasn't an analogue computer, was it? (no, don't answer that - I'll look up that URL next time I'm able:-) However, I can't accept *any* credit for knowing this; I didn't ... I was only thinking of the 8008 design by Radio Electronics. Speaking for myself, I am fascinated by this stuff! I also like surfing the net. Unfortunately, work demands mean that I can't spend much time on it; I suspect this will be true for many/most people on the list ... :-(