1976-- Steve Wozniak creates the Apple I. Its sales allow Wozniak and Steve Jobs to start Apple Computers.
1977-- The Commodore PET, Apple II and Tandy Radio Shack's TRS-80 all debut. (Imagine Apple having the next new thing each year?)
1981-- IBM calls its mini-computer the PC, turning the description into a brand. Sales soar.
1982-- GRiD Systems release Compass, the first laptop. Price $8,150.
Time names the computer "Machine of the Year" in a story written on a typewriter. (How ironic. Let's see, it would be Apple VII by then?)
1983-- Compaq Computer Corp. makes the first PC clone, 100% compatible with IBM's PC. First-year sales: $111 million. (And, I'd still never touched a computer keyboard.)
Technology Scares Me. --Cooter
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