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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the first apple computer: the Apple 1!
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VisiCalc, a spreadsheet program, was written by Bob Frankston and Dan Bricklin originally for Apple II. VisiCalc was seen as one of the most important reasons for acceptance of personal computers in the business world!
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Alan Shugart presents the Winchester Hard Drive, completely changing storage for personal computers!
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IBM executives held a press conference to discuss the release of the IBM Personal Computer!
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Richard Skrenta wrote the first computer virus; the Elk Cloner! This virus was spread via floppy disk and every 50th boot of an infected disk, a short rhyme would display on the screen!
