Quiz time, what was the first commercially available microcomputer? The Altair 8800? Something obscure like the SCELBI? The Mark-8 kit? According to [The Byte Attic], it was actually the Q1, based on ...

If you’re nostalgic for the golden age of microprocessors and dream of building your own computer, this story might spark your imagination. [Eric Lind], passionate retro enthusiast and his 14-year-old ...

Microcomputer specialists, or computer user support specialists, as the U.S. Department of Labor calls them, are the people who run your business's computer help desk. They try to tell you help you ...

Vintage computer historians have long revered the Altair 8800. But an unknown computer project at Sacramento State beat the Altair by three years. CNET got a look at it. An artist’s 3D rendering of ...

The Q1 desktop microcomputer, the world's first microcomputer that was uncovered in storage boxes by accident by cleaners at Kingston University in London, is going on the auction block at Heritage ...

1974: The Altair 8800 microcomputer goes on sale. It doesn't offer much, but it's the small start of a big trend toward small things. A small New Mexico company -- with the big name of Micro ...

A microcomputer is a complete computer on a small scale, designed for use by one person at a time. An antiquated term, a microcomputer is now primarily called a personal computer (PC). Common ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The MPC1600 (Multi-Personal Computer) ...

A microcomputer stores information on a temporary basis within the CPU registers. Information is transferred between the CPU registers and the memory or input/ output sections by means of one or more ...

The world's first desktop microcomputer, the Q1 model, is being auctioned at Heritage Auctions. Cleaners discovered this significant artifact in storage boxes at Kingston University in London, which ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. According to the user's guide, "The ...