The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based machine. A year later, IBM introduced the PS/2 with improved graphics, a new 3.5" floppy ...

If you’re looking for a simple Ardunio project, why not replicate the first personal computer? After discovering the Arduino, [Mark] realized recreating really old computers would be a fun project.

Although the graphical user interface (GUI) owes its existence to the contribution of many great minds in the history of technology, Apple was first to market with a personal computer that ...

It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy. Pictured below: The Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates develop ...

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by ... The driving force behind this invention was (as usual) the personal need for a better calculating tool. On 8 June 1886, Lawrence ...

Steve Wozniak helped co-found Apple, but he stepped away 40 years ago today. Yet he has continued to have a huge influence in the tech world ever since.

In his new book, Gates recalls a unique childhood that led him to build a technology empire. We talk BASIC, old PCs, ...

In the mid 1970s, two programmer-engineers set up a new computer manufacturing company called Apple and in 1977 introduced the world's first personal computer. Further developments in the late 70s ...

The story so far.... In 1975, Ed Roberts invented the Altair personal computer. It was a pain to use until 19 year-old pre-billionaire Bill Gates wrote the first personal computer language.

Then, in the mid-60s, minicomputers debuted. We saw the first personal computer introduced when Eddie Roberts debuted the Altair 8800 in 1975. The Apple I and II followed in 1976 and 1978 ...

You might think your computer is old, but that's nothing compared to these ancient relics. Two of the world's very first personal computers have been discovered during a house clearance in London.