machines meeting the "Grant Eligible Microcomputer Systems" or "G.E.M.S." specifications. At the time, only the ICON met the GEMS requirements, which cut...

with risks and use of nanotechnology Icon (programming language), a high-level programming language ICON (microcomputer), a computer built in the 1980s Icosahedral...

Québec à Montréal. 16 (3). ISSN 1499-6642 Prestel Telidon Viewdata ICON (microcomputer), a computer system used in Ontario schools from 1984 to 1994. "Telecom...

This is a list of early microcomputers sold to hobbyists and developers. These microcomputers were often sold as "DIY" kits or pre-built machines in relatively...

computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive...

"New Product Focus: Components: New ASSP Suits Mobile Applications", Microcomputer Solutions, September/October 1990, page 11. iAPX 286 Programmer's Reference...

known as a "personal computer". Intel also created one of the first microcomputers in 1973. Intel opened its first international manufacturing facility...

by Motorola in 1974. The MC6800 microprocessor was part of the M6800 Microcomputer System (later dubbed 68xx) that also included serial and parallel interface...

Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible...

lines of business separate. The microcomputer kit was named as Acorn System 75. Acorn was chosen because the microcomputer system was to be expandable and...

class of microcomputer that existed from 1977 to about 1995. During this time it made economic sense for manufacturers to make microcomputers aimed at...

that the silicon-based integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and the microcomputer, among other technologies, were developed. As of 2021[update], the region...

graphical user interface (GUI) that represents applications as clickable icons, instead of the list of file names in its predecessors. Later updates expand...

in 1977, known as one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers, while Jobs oversaw the development of its foam-molded plastic case...

ReadySoft 1994 Arcade/action Commercial 7.5 Dragon's Lair (2002) Advanced Microcomputer Systems 2002 Arcade/action Commercial 10.1 Dream Chamber DarkWave Games...

run programs in the BASIC language and was, for the first part of the microcomputer era, the default application that computers would launch. Users were...

diaries for the game's release the following year. After the rise of microcomputers in the 1970s, the MECC released several versions of the game over the...

group within the company and ordered them to study several NEC-produced microcomputers to potentially create games with. One of the first people assigned to...

computers (initially called microcomputers) from around 1980. For around five years, the CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) was the most popular operating...

The Canon Cat is a task-dedicated microcomputer released by Canon Inc. in 1987 for $1,495 (equivalent to $4,000 in 2023). Its appearance resembles dedicated...

largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Gates was born and raised in Seattle...

sale of the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which...

increased over time and later versions could store up to 1.2 MB; many microcomputer applications did not need that much capacity on one disk, so a smaller...

Z80 was one of the most popular 8-bit processors for general purpose microcomputers and other applications from the late 1970s well into the 1980s, and...

preset shapes and icons being available and no native hi-res capability. This was not unusual for a late-1970s vintage microcomputer. The main drawback...

managed to get the inventory into the nation's first four storefront microcomputer retailers: Byte Shop (Palo Alto, California), itty bitty machine company...

the Apple II, became a best seller as one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple introduced the Lisa in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984, as some...

College. Kapoor then registered for a three-month summer course in microcomputers at Harvard Summer School in the United States. She later developed an...

Station. It was ported to a wide variety of mainframe, minicomputer and microcomputer systems down to handhelds and electronic pocket calculators. Most versions...

designed to run on a series of workstations based on the Acorn Archimedes microcomputer. Heavily based on 4.3BSD, it was initially completed in 1988, a year...