Inventing the PC

Inventing the PC: the MCM/70 story

by Stachniak, Zbigniew

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Inventing the PC details the invention and design of the MCM/70 computer and the prolonged struggle to bring it to market. In May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, affordable, and easy-to-use personal computer--the very first of its kind. Inventing the PC details…

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  • Full title :Inventing the PC : the MCM/70 story / Zbigniew Stachniak.

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Inventing the PC details the invention and design of the MCM/70 computer and the prolonged struggle to bring it to market.

In May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, affordable, and easy-to-use personal computer--the very first of its kind. Inventing the PC details the invention and design of the MCM/70 computer and the prolonged struggle to bring it to market. Zbigniew Stachniak offers an insider's view of events on the front lines of pioneering work on personal computers. He shows what information and options PC pioneers had, how well engineers and entrepreneurs understood the revolutionary effect personal computers would have on society, and how that understanding shaped their decisions. Providing comprehensive historical background and rich photographic documentation, Inventing the PC tells the story of a Canadian company on the cutting-edge of the information age.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 214 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780773538528, 0773538526
  • oclc:ocn693809710
  • LC Classification:QA76.8.M39
  • Dewey Decimal:004.165

Table of Contents

At the beginning, there were two -- Inventing the PC -- The making of the MCM/70 -- Unveiling the future -- It's all about power -- Changing fortunes -- The day after.

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Canada Computer engineering Computer engineering -- History. -- Can… History MCM/70 (Computer) MCM/70 (Ordinateur) Micro-ordinateurs -- Conception et cons… Microcomputers -- Design and constructi… Microcomputers -- Design and constructi… Ordinateurs -- Conception et constructi…

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Stachniak, Zbigniew

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