Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
Apple II - The First Personal Computer
This section provides a quick introduction of Apple II, the world's first personal computer designed and built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
What Is Apple II? - Apple II was the world's first personal computer designed and built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Apple II was mass produced and marketed in 1977 with a retail price of US$1290.
The picture below shows an Apple II computer with a color graphics monitor (Source: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/):
Main features of Apple II:
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2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
►1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
►Apple II - The First Personal Computer
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1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
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