Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!edwards-2060.arpa!D-ROGERS From: D-ROGERS@EDWARDS-2060.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: origin of "personal computer" Message-ID: <8511052150.AA19797@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 15:45:02 EST Article-I.D.: ucb-vax.8511052150.AA19797 Posted: Tue Nov 5 15:45:02 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:35:22 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 18 From: ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!druhi!lbl@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu (LocklearLB) > No, I don't remember when "PC" meant "a personal computer" in any >generic sense. And I doubt if you do either. The only PC's that existed >before IBM were "Pocket Computers". IBM coined the term personal >computer. >Excuse me, but I certainly hope you meant to put a :) after that sentence. >If you didn't, I'm sure that you never heard of an Apple personal computer >or a Radio Shack personal computer. Both were introduced years before >IBM entered the market. Neither of these was the first personal computer >by a long shot. The term "personal computer" has been around a lot >long than IBM's PC has. I hope to shout! How about the PDP-1, PDP-8, & PDP-11 by Digital Equipment Corp. The PDP stood for "Personal Data Processor" and was probably the first standalone interactive computer that didn't require massive resources needed to support a mainframe. I believe the first dates to the early 60's. -------