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First PDP-8 brochure - CHM Revolution
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Thwarted at DEC, Thriving at Data General - CHM Revolution
Thwarted at DEC, Thriving at Data GeneralEdson de Castro, the PDP-8’s designer, was frustrated by DEC’s refusal to approve a family of 16-bit computers. So he...
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Scientific Data Systems - CHM Revolution
Scientific Data SystemsMax Palevsky and Robert Beck founded SDS in 1961 to make scientific computers. Their clever engineering brought better performance than...
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PDP-5 transistor/diode logic module (triple flip flop) - CHM Revolution
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Columbia personal computer - CHM Revolution
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Personal Computers - CHM Revolution
Computers for EveryoneComputers evolved primarily for military, scientific, government, and corporate users with substantial needs…and substantial budgets....
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Outbound Notebook System - CHM Revolution
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Hyperion computer system - CHM Revolution
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PDP-8 transistor/diode logic module (triple flip flop) - CHM Revolution
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PDP-8 - CHM Revolution
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PDP-8/e brain surgery station - CHM Revolution
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Topics - CHM Revolution
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Bytes for Bites: The Kitchen Computer - CHM Revolution
Bytes for Bites: The Kitchen ComputerWhy would anyone want a computer at home? Before the personal computer era and its avalanche of possible uses, the...
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PDP-8 - CHM Revolution
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DEC’s Minis Get Bigger - CHM Revolution
DEC’s Minis Get BiggerDEC’s low-cost 12-bit PDP-8 computer line was groundbreaking. But it was being leap-frogged by 16-bit machines from competitors such as...
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First PDP-8 brochure - CHM Revolution
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From Textiles to Computers - CHM Revolution
From Textiles to ComputersKrantz began more than a century ago in Germany as a manufacturer of textile equipment. It founded the Krantz Elektronik subsidiary...
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PDP-8 at Fenway Park, Boston - CHM Revolution
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Doing More With Less Hardware - CHM Revolution
Doing More With Less HardwareMicrodata’s simple 8-bit and 16-bit computers used microprogramming, which is software stored in memory to implement complicated...
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Promoting PCs - CHM Revolution
Promoting PCsAs computers went mainstream, so did computer advertising. Early promotions targeted specialty shops and magazines. But greater acceptance and...
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Compaq Deskpro 286 - CHM Revolution
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Wang Laboratories: From Success to Success to… - CHM Revolution
Wang Laboratories: From Success to Success to…Wang Laboratories was a successful calculator company. Then a successful word processor company. The 1973 Wang...
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IBM Personal System/2 (PS/2) - CHM Revolution
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Saying it With Pictures - CHM Revolution
Saying it With PicturesSchoolchildren, secretaries, and shopkeepers don’t want to memorize obscure commands. So, in order to become everyday tools, computers...
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PDP-8/e in office setting - CHM Revolution
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The “Naked Mini” Company - CHM Revolution
The “Naked Mini” CompanyIt was a familiar computer industry scenario: enthusiastic engineers leaving one minicomputer company to start their own. Computer...
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What Was The First PC? - CHM Revolution
What Was The First PC?The Computer Museum in Boston asked that question in 1986, and held a contest to find the answer. Judges settled on John Blankenbaker’s...
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Compaq Portable - CHM Revolution
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PDP-8/I IC logic module - CHM Revolution
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Apple-1 - CHM Revolution
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The Birth of the Minicomputer? - CHM Revolution
The Birth of the Minicomputer?Control Data Corporation had a problem. The CDC 1604 scientific computer, designed by Seymour Cray, sat idle much of the time...
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Eagle personal computer - CHM Revolution
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Computers for Everybody - CHM Revolution
Computers for EverybodyWhen people begin building their own products in their garages, entrepreneurs take notice. That’s a good sign of a business opportunity....
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DEC’s Blockbuster: The PDP-8 - CHM Revolution
DEC’s Blockbuster: The PDP-8The Canadian Chalk River Nuclear Lab approached Digital Equipment Corporation in 1964. It needed a special device to monitor a...
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Olympian-S Computer - CHM Revolution
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Software: Putting PCs to Work - CHM Revolution
Software: Putting PCs to WorkAs PC users became more numerous and diverse, entrepreneurs vied to meet (and create) demand for new and varied applications....
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PDP-8/e on surgery floor - CHM Revolution
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Linux - CHM Revolution
LinuxAs large corporations came to dominate the software market, Linus Torvalds took the opposite tack, advocating a return to computing’s communal...
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First PDP-8 brochure - CHM Revolution
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Desktop Publishing - CHM Revolution
Desktop PublishingApple’s Macintosh encouraged people to become computer users. Aldus PageMaker helped convince them that they could also become...
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Edson de Castro - CHM Revolution
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Franklin ACE 100 advertisement - CHM Revolution
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The HP Way - CHM Revolution
The HP WayHewlett-Packard began as an instrument company, but it was the second-largest minicomputer maker by 1978. One of the few to survive an industry...
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Outbound Notebook System - CHM Revolution
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Minicomputers - CHM Revolution
Less is More: Smaller, Simpler, CheaperThis new kind of computer, smaller and simpler than mainframes, was designed to interact directly with users and the...
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Digital Equipment Corporation - CHM Revolution
Digital Equipment CorporationKen Olsen, 31, and Harlan Anderson, 27, founded DEC in 1957. Just eleven years later, DEC led the minicomputer market.The company...
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PR1ME Time - CHM Revolution
PR1ME TimePrime (also PR1ME) was yet another minicomputer company founded by ex-Honeywell employees, some of whom had worked on Multics, an early timesharing...
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First PDP-8 brochure - CHM Revolution
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PDP-8 transistor/diode logic module (triple flip flop) - CHM Revolution
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PDP-5 transistor/diode logic module (triple flip flop) - CHM Revolution
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Computer-in-a-Desk - CHM Revolution
Computer-in-a-DeskIBM’s least expensive machine in 1965 gives new meaning to the phrase, “desktop computer.” Conceived by Arnie Spielberg (father of movie...
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PDP-5 transistor/diode logic module (triple flip flop) - CHM Revolution
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IBM Personal System/2 (PS/2) - CHM Revolution
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First PDP-8 brochure - CHM Revolution
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Send in the Clones - CHM Revolution
Send in the ClonesCapitalizing on IBM’s success, others began making compatible computers—which IBM tolerated. This had profound impact on the PC market…and on...
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Franklin Ace 100 - CHM Revolution
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Robotron Z9001 - CHM Revolution
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Revolution Virtual Scavenger Hunt - CHM
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Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing - CHM
Oct 7, 2024 - The story of computing is epic.
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