PERSONAL COMPUTERS: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
1.0 Personal computers: Where did they come from and where are they going? 1.1 Overview NASA’s first computer, a typical UNIVAC, filled a room the size of a house (Tomayko 1987). Since that time computers have become smaller in size until finally, they have reached the size of micro-mini. The micro-sized computers are used in mobile devices as small as a cell phone. The personal computer appeared when computers became small enough to sit on a desktop. With the advent of the desktop PC, the computer market opened up to small businesses and home use consumers. The development of the ...
