| ▲ | oldnetguy a day ago | |
The Kenebak 1 is the first according to the Computer History Museum https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computer... | ||
| ▲ | bouncycastle 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I think the low bar for something to be called a PC needs to have a crt screen and a keyboard. Also, the "P" in PET stands for Personal, probably as differentiation to mean a computer that you don't have to share. It's a response to the larger time-shared computers back in the day. The "personal computers" had keyboards and screens that looked very much like mainframe terminals. | ||
| ▲ | timbit42 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It's also the only true 8-bit computer as both the data and address busses are only 8-bit. | ||