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Welcome to the Memory Machine, a podcast all about the pop cultural of the past, from the 1890's to the 1990's, and beyond.
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What is the first Personal Computer? (opens the original)
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What would you think is the first 'personal computer'? I'm sure a lot of folks would say the Apple II, or at least would suggest Apple as having created a very early computer. Maybe if you know some computer history, you might suggest the Altair 8800, MITS' groundbreaking offering from 1975. Folks really deep in the weeds might say the Kenbak-1 from 1971, a discrete logic hobby computer that sold low numbers. But... did you know about attempts earlier than that? And what even is a 'personal comp
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