Origin of Personal Computer

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(09-01-2016 01:07 AM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  The topic title is "OT: Who invented the Personal Computer?

Why change the topic? The question is not who invented.... It is what is the first written use of the term personal computer. I suppose this thread can wander off topic, but I prefer this not.

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ps: congrats GERSON! I can find no other written use of the term personal computer prior to the HP 9100 article, circa 1968.

The very earliest occurrence of the term “personal
computer” yielded by JSTOR dates from
1968. In the 4 October 1968 issue of the journal
Science, Hewlett-Packard ran an advertisement
for the HP 9100. The 9100 was the first scientific
desktop calculator, and was programmable,
with programs stored on a magnetic card. The
advertisement described the product as “The
new Hewlett-Packard 9100A personal computer.”