As ubiquitous as they might be now, in the 1970s, few things were more mysterious and unknown than the “personal computer.” For years, these shadowy, ever-shrinking machines had been touted as ...

IBM's first computer, the IBM 701, bowed in 1952. It was not a consumer-facing machine, or even enterprise focused, but was used by defense and aerospace contractors like Boeing, Lockheed, and the ...

IBM Personal Computer (PC), 1981. Compaq Portable (first true "IBM-compatible" computer), 1983. 32-bit computers & Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) Apple Lisa (Lisa Office System), 1983.

Just over 43 years ago, the dawn of a new era started when IBM launched the first true personal computer, the 5150 which I fondly remember by its moniker, IBM PC.