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D. Implementation

Overview of Personal Computer

1. Evolution of personal computers

About 1300

The more familiar wire-and-bead abacus replaces the Chinese calculating rods.

It is the first calculator.

1935

IBM introduces not only the 601 multiplying punch-card machine but also an

electric typewriter.

1943

In December, Colossus, a British vacuum tube computer, becomes operational

at Bletchley Park trough the combined efforts of Alan Turing, Tommy Flowers,

and M.H.A Newman. It is considered the first all-electronic calculating device.

1945

J.Presper Eckert and John Mauchly sign a contract to build the EDVAC

(Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer).

1975

The first PC, an Altair 8800, available as a kit, appears on the cover Popular

Electronics in January.

1976

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak design and build the Apple I, which consists

mostly of a circuit board.

1980

IBM selects PC-DOS from upstart Microsoft as the operating system for its

new PC.

1983

The IBM PC-XT heads for market success, while the PC Junior faces quick

extinction.

1985

With the development of Windows 1.0, Microsoft brings Macintosh-like

features to DOS-compatible computers.

1993

Intel's Pentium is introduced in March.

1995

Windows 95 is launched on August 24 with great fanfare.

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