It is hard to say for sure, but several of the smaller minicomputers of the 1960s (e.g. DEC PDP-8) could and usually did sit on a desktop. However the term "desktop computer" was not created until the microcomputers of the 1980s and did not come into common usage until laptop microcomputers computers became widely available in the 1990s.
The first was probably the Scelbi in March 1974, followed by the Mark-8 in July, however, the first practical one was the MITS Altair, roughly in January 1975.
This was a bus computer that allowed for many different boards to be plugged into the motherboard. This was available as a kit or a pre-built computer.
The original price for the kit was around $400. The CPU was the Intel 8080, which was an improvement of the 4004, which was created for use in automated gas pumps.
The first such desktop-size system specifically designed for personal use appeared in 1974; it was offered by Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS). The computer, which was called Altair, retailed for slightly less than $400.
The first such desktop-size system specifically designed for personal use appeared in 1974; it was offered by Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS). The computer, which was called Altair, retailed for slightly less than $400.
EDIT:completely wrong, Microsoft has no noteable hardware mset-ups, IBM created the first "modern" computers but the first recognized computing machine was designed by Charles Babbage, although the machine was never built in its' time it has been recreated in a musuem in Britain.
The first analog computer was probably created by Archimedes.
The first digital computer was created by either John Vincent Atanasoff, Konrad Zuse, or Howard Aiken.
Charles Babbage
Never :)
adam osborne
He was the co-founder of Microsoft
Walter Yeng was the first suggestor and the person who invented it or made it, was Roseline Pipaget.
The first person to invent a computer is Charles Babbage, that is why he is being referred to as the father of computer.
Never :)
William Across was the first person to invent pantomime
the first person to invent sports were the Iroquois-lacrosse
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Jackie Chan did not invent computers.
who was the first person to invent the internal combustion engine
The first person was human.
a person
The first person to invent the first mobile cellular telephone was Martin Cooper.
well think about it why would you invent a computer in the first place
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