Some days you just want to look at pictures.

A thread of beautiful PCs from 1948 - 1984.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖥️" title="Desktop-Computer" aria-label="Emoji: Desktop-Computer"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💙" title="Blaues Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Blaues Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
IBM 610, 1957.

Sold for $55,000. Only 180 made. Capable of "floating point artithmetic."
Elea 9003, 1957.

The first "solid-state" computer built. Constructed by a group of Italian researchers.
Olivetti Programma 101, 1965.

A programmable calculator, released at the World& #39;s Fair in New York. Sold 44,000 units for $3,200.

Beautiful.
K-202, 1971.

Capable of conducting 1M operations a second — more than PCs that arrived a decade later.

At $5,000 it was cheaper than competitors.
Kenbak-1, 1971.

Considered by some to be the & #39;first& #39; PC. Only sold about 40 machines at $750 each.
Xerox Alto, 1973.

The first GUI, the first mouse, the first "desktop."

Followed by the Xerox Star.
The Trinity, 1977.

The Apple II, PET 2001, and TRS-80 were released the same year. They became known as "The Trinity" as they competed for the PC market.
Atari 800, 1978.

Faster than many competitors. Eventually outcompeted by Commodore.
TI-99, 1979.

Texas Instruments was supposed to dominate the market with the TI-99. They were the largest chip manufacturer at the time.
PC-88, 1981.

Released by Nippon Electric. Sold extremely well, particularly in Japan.
Macintosh, 1984.

A computer for the confused and intimidated. Launched during the Super Bowl.
The Generalist, 2019.

If you liked today& #39;s nostalgic thread, I& #39;d love for you to joi my community for the most thoughtful people in tech. https://www.readthegeneralist.com/ ">https://www.readthegeneralist.com/">...
You can follow @mariodgabriele.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: