Inventing the PC

Inventing the PC
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780773581463
ISBN-13 : 0773581464
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Book Synopsis Inventing the PC by : Zbigniew Stachniak

Download or read book Inventing the PC written by Zbigniew Stachniak and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, affordable, and easy-to-use personal computer - the very first of its kind.


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