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From: "Da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Trivia
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:25:40 +1100 
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See below ... (Robert, if you get this twice, it means I "stuffed up" :-/)

Joe.

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| 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. 
|

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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 ...   :-(