Personal Computing: Historic Beginnings
by koku_jin on Monday, May 18th, 2009 | 6 Comments
ComputerHistory asked:
[Recorded: November 5, 2008] The roots of “personal computers” – that is, machines that are not shared between users – date back to at least the late 1950s. Within a decade, several more of these “one machine, one user” computers were developed; and the idea of a user having direct control over the computer was established, at least within academia. In 1968, young computer scientist Alan Kay gave a presentation on the FLEX Machine at a meeting of computer science graduate students and saw the …
Lydia
watch this vid /watch?v=cmpaAoY3SQc
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For posting the video.
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Excellent documentary and very interesting.