When did computers become common in offices
- when were computers first used in homes
- when were computers first in homes
- when did computers become common in homes
- when were computers first used
When was the first computer invented!
The First Historical Hobby and Home Computers
"The first Apple was just a culmination of my whole life." Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers
In 1975, Steve Wozniak was working for Hewlett Packard, the calculator manufacturers, by day and playing computer hobbyist by night, tinkering with the early computer kits like the Altair.
"All the little computer kits that were being touted to hobbyists in 1975 were square or rectangular boxes with non-understandable switches on them,” Wozniak said. He realized that the prices of some computer parts like microprocessors and memory chips had dropped so low that he could buy them with maybe a month's salary.
Wozniak decided that he and fellow hobbyist Steve Jobs could afford to build their own home computer.
Personal computer history timeline
The Apple I Computer
Wozniak and Jobs released the Apple I computer on April Fools’ Day 1976. The Apple I was the first single circuit board home computer. It came with a video interface, 8k of RAM and a keyboard.
The system incorporated some economical components like dynamic RAM and the 6502 p
- when did the first home computer became available
- when did home computers come out