2006-12-02 01:06:28 · 9 answers · asked by weston_young_11 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
IBM created the first dektop computer, and Gary Kindall the first PC Operating system called CP/M. The story is quit interesting...
In August 1980 IBM requested Bill Gates (24 years old at that time) to write an operating system for their new desktop computer that they were going to launch and since Gates was unable to supply it, they were directed to Kindall.
During this time another programmer, Tim Paterson created QDOS, which was compatible with CP/M and very similar too. Didn't take too long and Bill Gates found out about it and bought it foe $50.000. QDOS was renamed to DOS (and this was the beging of MS-DOS).
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2006-12-02 01:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Desktop computers were widely produced throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Originally they were named "microcomputers" to differentiate them from the mainframe and minicomputers that were traditionally available for sale by the major computer companies at the time. In 1975 the MITS Altair became the first pre-assembled desktop computer available on the market. However, due to the computer's design being geared more towards the hobbyist market the appeal of the machine was limited.
1977 saw the near-simultaneous release in the U.S. of three computers that equally deserve mention as the forerunners of today's desktop computer: the Apple II, the Commodore PET. and the Tandy TRS-80 computer. Each of these machines would be considered crude by today's standards; the TRS-80, for example, comprised a green phosphor 12" screen, an expansion box with 4 kilobytes of memory, a keyboard and a cassette recorder. It retailed for around £695.
Through the 1980s the desktop computer became more and more commonplace in society. Sales boomed as a wide spectrum of users, from the largest corporation down to the individual at home, found exciting new uses for the machines. However, it was not until the internet explosion in the mid-1990s that the desktop computer became nearly ubiquitous in our modern era.
2006-12-02 01:20:36 · answer #2 · answered by Amit G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First Desktop Computer
2016-09-28 06:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 15:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by Delphia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1965: IBM ships the first System 360, its first integrated circuit-based, or third generation, computer.
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2006-12-02 01:17:08 · answer #5 · answered by A+ Certified Professional 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 11:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-28 04:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-02 01:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apple.
2006-12-02 01:08:11 · answer #9 · answered by Dave 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not me but i think its IBM
2006-12-02 02:08:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋