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From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108.)
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Subject: The term \"personal computer\"
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:19:19 EST
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It was certainly not coined by one of the "big" computer companies for their
own product.  I would not be surprised if it came from Portia Isakson (sp?)
who was writing a column on personal computing in the mid-late '70s in 
(I think) one of the standard trade journals (IEEE Spectrum?).

Burns