The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But ...

Other kit computers came along in 1974 like the Scelbi-8H, a kit based on Intel’s first 8-bit micro the 8008. Also in 1974, Radio-Electronics magazine published an article on the Mark-8 a ...

.. .. .. >> The History of Personal Computers. If you read my Part 1 blog, you know that I developed a computer kit for McGraw Hill/NRI back in 1972. I left MH in 1973 to go to the Heath Company.

When you think of the history of personal computing, three figures stand out--Gordon Moore, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They represent the major platforms of personal computing today, but their ...

The Surface Studio is likely to be the most controversial pick on this list. It’s also by far the newest computer, debuting in late 2016, with a successor, the Surface Studio 2, coming along two ...

Paul R. Pierce is the J. Paul Getty of the technology world, owning one of the largest private collections of obsolete computers. The trove is so vast–comprising roughly 75 tons of personal c… ...

Kyle Chayka writes about Laine Nooney’s book “The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal,” which is a history of the Apple II and early personal computers.