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BINGO! Edmund Berkeley first described Simon in his 1949 book, "Giant Brains, or Machines That Think" and went on to publish plans to build Simon in a series of Radio Electronics issues in 1950 and 1951.
Simon touched such pioneering computer scientists as Ivan Sutherland, who went on to influence development of interactive graphical personal computers. -
Very close, but no. Like some of the earliest computers, the Minivac was relay based, but unlike the early room-filling monsters, the Minivac had only six relays and was easily afforded by almost anybody interested in computers.
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The Intel MCS-4-based SIM4 (1972) was the first microcomputer, but not the first personal computer.
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No, but the Scelbi-8H (1973) was another microcomputer that preceded the Altair. Like the Altair, it was available from the manufacturer both as a kit and as a pre-assembled computer.
The machine was designed by Nat Wadsworth. -
Bzzzt! The IBM PC was introduced in 1981. It was perhaps the first to wear the "PC" label, but that was IBM's only innovation. They sure sold a bunch of them, though.
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The new smart watches that allows you to sms, view emails, photos, movies and more, this will be the futures new watches that will dominate the watch market.
