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Article #621340Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:56
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:04:14 -0400, J. Clarke wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:43:52 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> > wrote: > >>On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:16:45 +0100, "Carlos E.R." >> >>>Also the "personal computer" boom started in the 80s. >> >> Mid '70s. Yes, 1977. That was when the Commodore PET, the Apple ][ and the Tandy TRS-80 were offered. The first computers which also had a keyboard and monitor (well for the Apple ][ the customer needed to buy a monitor). Thus people not being nerds could actually use them. That kicked off the home computer revolution in my opinion. >> IBM joined in after the market had been established. > > In 1980 personal computer sales were around a million units a year. In > 1990 they were around 20 million units a year and most of it IBM and > clones. Not forget the Commodore 64 outsold the IBM PC. > The _boom_ happened in the '80s. I say it was triggered in the late 70s but really kicked off in the 80s. The boom is still going on. More and more computers were sold each following decade. Have a look at the numbers today for tablets and smartphones, if you want to consider them as "personal computer". -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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