IBM was a big player in the early days of personal computing. In 1981, IBM introduced the "PC," followed by the PC-XT in 1983 ...

At the 1968 AHR Expo, The News discussed the use of computers with various companies. Here are some of the comments as they appeared in February 12, 1968. “We use a Univac [an early computer that was ...

When the first PC viruses appeared in the 1980s, they not only tampered with machine systems, but also filled the screens of home computers with technicolor text and flashy graphics or animations.

Screenshot from an online emulator of 1985 edition of The Oregon Trail (Internet Archive) Back when I was playing these games on my family’s Apple IIc, they were often side-eyed by a generation that ...

The first digital computers are built for wartime purposes, including Eniac (pictured), the first fully electronic American computer, which in 1946 is originally programmed by six women recruited by ...

A New York-Historical Society exhibit on advancements in tech. It’s hard to believe that the cell phones that fit in our hands are more powerful than the early computers that once occupied entire ...

To hear some people talk, computers were never even remotely sexy until Apple released the first Mac. That’s a lie. Computers have always been sexy, as these pin-up photographs of vintage computer ...

Apple filed a patent application for a desktop computer that’s also a keyboard. If that seems familiar, it’s the design used by some of the first personal computers back in the 1900s. Because even old ...

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Early computer kits aimed at learning took all sorts of forms, from full-fledged computer kits like the Altair 8800 to the ready-made MicroBee Computer-In-A-Book. For those just wanting to dip their ...