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The History of the Personal Computer and the Internet

By LaurenBrami

  • BASIC

    BASIC
    BASIC Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Software revolutionized the software industry. Bill Gates and Paul Allen used BASIC to write their program for Atlair, and it would later lead to the creation of Microsoft.

  • The Altair 8800

    The Altair 8800
    Altair 8800\ -Only 256 bytes of memory
    -No keyboard or monitor
    -Switches on front used to enter data in machine code (0s and 1s)
    -Lights on front indicated results of program

  • Apple 1

    Apple 1
    Apple 1 Shortly after the Altair was released, Steve Wozniak, an employee at Hewlett-Packard and Steve Jobs who was working for Atari at the time, began to collaborate and created the Apple 1. Later that year the Apple Computer Company was formed.

  • Apple II

    Apple II
    Apple IIA year after Apple 1 was released, Apple II was born. It included a color monitor, sound, and game paddles. One of its biggest innovations was the ROM. It was an instant success and would eventually provide users with spreadsheet software, word processing capabilities, and desktop publishing software. These programs would lead to a revluotion in functions beyond gaming and special programming.

  • The Comodore PET

    The Comodore PET
    Commodore PETAround the same time that Apple was experiencing success, a number of competitors entered the market. The Comodore PET was one of these competitors which aimed at the business market and had success in Europe.

  • TRS-80

    TRS-80
    TRS-80The TRS-80 was aimed at the United States' consumer market and sold about 10,000 units just one month after its release.
    -Introduced by Radio Shack
    -Monocrhome display
    -4 KB of RAm
    -Cicuitry hidden under keyboard

  • Osbourne

    Osbourne
    Osbourne-First portable computer
    -weighed 24.5 pounds
    -5 inch screen
    -64 KB of RAM
    -2 floppy disk drives
    -pre-installed with spreadsheet and word processing software

  • IBM PC (5150)

    IBM PC (5150)
    IBM PC -marketed to businesses and consumers
    -64 KB to 256 KB of RAM
    -floppy disk drives opitional
    -hard disks not supported in early models

  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Macintosh 1984 A year after Apple introudced Lisa, the first successful personal computer brought to market that used GUI apple introduced Macintosh. It was only a third of the cost of Lisa and was the first PC to use 3.5 inch floppy disks with a hard cover.

  • The Internet Boom

    The Internet Boom
    Windows 95
    While web browsers like Netscape, were available before 1995, it wasn't until Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer that the web was able to be fully integrated into Microsoft Office application. Windows 95 became the first OS designed to be principally a GUI OS