In January 1975, featured on the cover of the Popular Electronics magazine was the first personal computer, The Alta 8800. The same year, Bill Gates, Harvard University freshman, and his friend Paul Allen developed the first computer language BASIC, the first software developed for a personal computer. According to Cringley, Altar's producers, MITS, bought the software. Gates dropped out of school and with Allen, established the Microsoft Corporation in 1977. The computer revolution started many years ago; for example, in Babylon (now Iraq) in the fourth century B.C, Abacus inverted a simple counting aid. In addition, Conrad Zuse, a German engineer, completes the first general-purpose programmable calculator in 1941. He pioneers the use of binary math and Boolean logic in electronic calculation (McGrath, 1999). To understand the Personal Computer revolution, we must examine what role major players such as IBM, Microsoft, Apple and Xerox played.
Garry Killdall's, CP/M was being used on virtually every PC in existence in the late 1970 according to Robert Cringley. As the industry grew, the CP/M collapsed. The collapse of the CP/M started in 1980, when IBM was developing its first line of Personal Computers. Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft felt that CP/M was probably the best bet for IBM, but it would need to be upgraded to work on 16-bit machines. Gates and IBM contacted digital Research about doing the work to CP/M that would be necessary, but Kildal could not commit to meet the dates required by IBM (Cringley, 1985).
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IBM contacted Bill Gates and Paul Allen for a bale, which would contain both the BASIC computer language and an operating system. Microsoft did not have an operating system, so they bought rights to an operating system called QDOS (Quick "n"Dirty Operating System). The system came from the Seattle Computer Products whom were developer of Intel's 16-bit microprocessor.
Comparing and Contrasting PC's and Mainframes David L. ... We can own and operate a PC from our homes, due to their size. ... When comparing PC's to mainframes, it seems as if the PC is no comparison to the mainframe in terms of power and stability. ... PC's will always be used for small businesses and home use. I believe PC's will also improve their features and applications. ...
That PC ran on a very slow processor known as the Intel 8080. ... In 1978 the PC world began to really open up when software was starting to be released for the PC. ... The following year, 1980, the PC industry really blew up. ... Another good thing about the PC is that you upgrade it yourself. ... In the end buying a PC is much less costly and more need fulfilling than ...
One type is the PC which stand for personal computer. ... PC's and Mac's are pretty much the same. ... If there is software that is made for both the PC and the Macintosh, usually the Macintosh software will have fewer bugs than the PC software. In the scalability category the PC takes the trophy. ... If given the choice today to get a PC or a Macintosh, I would suggest getting the PC, for the scalability and compatibility reasons....
Atek PC, founded in 1984, has grown to become a mid-sized U.S PC maker, with 2100 employees and $1.9m revenues in 2006. ... PMO issues involved at Atek PC included defining the PMO's purpose, mission, structure and governance. ... John Strider believed that the PMO had to become a part of Ateck PC culture. The best way would be moving slowly, cautiously with small changes over a long period of time so as not to violate Ateck PC's culture. ... Though the heavy structure best fit Atek PC's goals, its primary drawbacks were that Atek PC did not have the resources necessary to m...
Both the PC and the Mac have upsides. ... Every year tens of thousands of PC enthusiasts build their custom PC rig. ... In almost every single PC vs Mac comparison the PC always wins in the compatibility field. ... Unlike the Mac, the PC is not a fully cohesive unit. ... Mac exclusively uses Intel, whereas the PC also supports AMD even though the majority of the PC market uses Intel chips. ...
Everyone does everything PC every day. ... Will people get bacterial infection from a PC? ... There were no bacteria found in the speaker (Figure 2) of the PC. ... Instead of using the PC with a keyboard cover and metallic touchpad, the experimenters should have chosen a PC without keyboard cover and with a plastic touchpad. ... This experiment gave valuable data on the importance of a regular clean for a PC and provided a few tips on how to keep a PC clean. ...
We used the process of Cognitive Dissonance to begin the road to buying a new PC. ... That is the software we felt was necessary on a new PC. ... To use the most important qualities of a PC would be capabilities. ... The consumer can pick out every aspect of their PC to custom fit your PC to your lifestyle. We decided on a Shuttle XPC, which is a new PC which the CPU unit is smaller than a shoebox. ...
I'll, however, just be talking about the personal computer (PC). ... The CPU is the brain of the PC and oversees everything the PC is doing. ... Memory is a very fast storage of PC data. ... A few stressing PC will need 400-450 watts of power. ... Using a PC in the business world is an absolute must. ...
Floppy drives have been around for a long time; in the past they were used for playing elementary, computer games, storaging important information, and were used as a PC's main memory. The capacity and data transfer rates of floppy drives have extremely low levels, which are 1.44 MB and about 0.06 MB/sec (PC Mechanic). ... The disk consists of a flexible 76 micron-thick polyethylene terephthalate (PET) coated on both sides with a micron-thick particulate magnetic coating (PC Mechanic). ... It stabilizes disk rotation and protects it from mechanical damage (PC Mechanic). ...