COMPUTER HISTORY:
1) Apple 1 -
Questions:
1. The machine was in production in 1976
2. Steve Wozniac
3. Not really
4.
5. Steve Jobs worked summer jobs at a California apple farm. He also liked the Beatles and their label, Apple Records. When he and Steve Wozniak tried to come up with a company name, they decided that if they couldn't think of anything better by the end of the day, they'd go with the name "Apple". And they couldn't, so they did. (Steve jobs- friend.)
6. It was because it was very convenient it was fully assembled circuit board containing about 60+ chips and it came with a case and everything was relativley new at the time so it was pretty fancy.
7. Almost none it was designed to be fairly user-friedly.
8. 666.66$ he liked repetitive numbers.
9. It was fairly big and hada wooden case...it looks really old.
1) Apple 1 -
Questions:
1. The machine was in production in 1976
2. Steve Wozniac
3. Not really
4.
5. Steve Jobs worked summer jobs at a California apple farm. He also liked the Beatles and their label, Apple Records. When he and Steve Wozniak tried to come up with a company name, they decided that if they couldn't think of anything better by the end of the day, they'd go with the name "Apple". And they couldn't, so they did. (Steve jobs- friend.)
6. It was because it was very convenient it was fully assembled circuit board containing about 60+ chips and it came with a case and everything was relativley new at the time so it was pretty fancy.
7. Almost none it was designed to be fairly user-friedly.
8. 666.66$ he liked repetitive numbers.
9. It was fairly big and hada wooden case...it looks really old.
2) Altair 8800
Questions:
1. January 1975
2. Ed Roberts
3. Yes because its known as the part that lead to microsoft revolution.
4.
5. The Altair was originally going to be named the PE-8 (Popular Electronics 8-bit), but Les Solomon thought this name to be rather dull, so Solomon, Burawa, and John McVeigh decided that: "It's a stellar event, so let's name it after a star." McVeigh suggested "Altair", the twelfth-brightest star in the sky.
6. Sort of but not really. From the descriptions for how it was used it sounds a little tricky than normal.
7. You would need some comupter experience but you dont need to be a genius.
8. From 439-621$
9. It was big and boxy and old.It doesnt look like a computer.
Questions:
1. January 1975
2. Ed Roberts
3. Yes because its known as the part that lead to microsoft revolution.
4.
5. The Altair was originally going to be named the PE-8 (Popular Electronics 8-bit), but Les Solomon thought this name to be rather dull, so Solomon, Burawa, and John McVeigh decided that: "It's a stellar event, so let's name it after a star." McVeigh suggested "Altair", the twelfth-brightest star in the sky.
6. Sort of but not really. From the descriptions for how it was used it sounds a little tricky than normal.
7. You would need some comupter experience but you dont need to be a genius.
8. From 439-621$
9. It was big and boxy and old.It doesnt look like a computer.
3) Apple ll
Questions:
1. 1977
2. Steve Wozniak
3. Yes it was a commercial success.
4.
5. The Apple 1 was made because they couldn't think of anything better and also the same reasons I said for the Apple 1 they just named the second one the Apple ll.
6. It was supposedly really easy and thats why it was widely known and many were sold.
7. I don't think you would need very much experience at all.
8. Around 600$
9. It was very big and ugly.
Questions:
1. 1977
2. Steve Wozniak
3. Yes it was a commercial success.
4.
5. The Apple 1 was made because they couldn't think of anything better and also the same reasons I said for the Apple 1 they just named the second one the Apple ll.
6. It was supposedly really easy and thats why it was widely known and many were sold.
7. I don't think you would need very much experience at all.
8. Around 600$
9. It was very big and ugly.
4) Apple Lisa
Questions:
1. 1980's
2. Steve Wozniak
3. I think it was not entirely successful because it did sell better and longer than the other Apple computers but it was only for business people and it still only stayed for 3 years before it was discontinued.
4
5. Apple because of the reasons listed above in the other Apple products.
6. It was kind of user friendly. You needed some computer knowledge.
7. Not much but maybe some stuff because business people used it so it was probably a little more complex.
8. It's introductory price was 9,995$.
9. It was longer than it was tall and compared to computers now a days it is very boxy/rectangle like and old.
Questions:
1. 1980's
2. Steve Wozniak
3. I think it was not entirely successful because it did sell better and longer than the other Apple computers but it was only for business people and it still only stayed for 3 years before it was discontinued.
4
5. Apple because of the reasons listed above in the other Apple products.
6. It was kind of user friendly. You needed some computer knowledge.
7. Not much but maybe some stuff because business people used it so it was probably a little more complex.
8. It's introductory price was 9,995$.
9. It was longer than it was tall and compared to computers now a days it is very boxy/rectangle like and old.
5) Commodore 64
Questions:
1. 1982
2. Jack Tramiel of Commodore International is the company responsible for creating it.
3. It was pretty successful because it was sold during a longer period and it was for people at home as well as business and it costed less than at the time the Apple ll.
4.
5. The name came from the company.
6. It must have been pretty user friendly because it was used for home and for business and it sold cheaper than Apple.
7. You should probably know the basics but you don't need much knowledge.
8. It's introductory price was 595$.
9. It wasn't as big as some other computers but it is bigger than what we have now.
Questions:
1. 1982
2. Jack Tramiel of Commodore International is the company responsible for creating it.
3. It was pretty successful because it was sold during a longer period and it was for people at home as well as business and it costed less than at the time the Apple ll.
4.
5. The name came from the company.
6. It must have been pretty user friendly because it was used for home and for business and it sold cheaper than Apple.
7. You should probably know the basics but you don't need much knowledge.
8. It's introductory price was 595$.
9. It wasn't as big as some other computers but it is bigger than what we have now.
6) Commodore Amiga
1. 1985
2. Commodore International.
3. It was successful for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities. The Amiga provided a significant upgrade from 8-bit computers, such as the Commodore 64.However, in later models of Amiga there was poor marketing and failure to repeat the technological advances of the first systems meant that the Amiga quickly lost interest to it's market.
4.
5. The name came from the company.
6. Yes it was popular for the same reasons listed above in question 3. However, in later models of Amiga there was poor marketing and failure to repeat the technological advances of the first systems meant that the Amiga quickly lost interest to it's market.
7.You probably don't need much knowledge at all because it was made for families too.
8. ~399
9. It was still big but is starting to look a little more like the computers we have now. It is still pretty old and rusty looking.
1. 1985
2. Commodore International.
3. It was successful for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities. The Amiga provided a significant upgrade from 8-bit computers, such as the Commodore 64.However, in later models of Amiga there was poor marketing and failure to repeat the technological advances of the first systems meant that the Amiga quickly lost interest to it's market.
4.
5. The name came from the company.
6. Yes it was popular for the same reasons listed above in question 3. However, in later models of Amiga there was poor marketing and failure to repeat the technological advances of the first systems meant that the Amiga quickly lost interest to it's market.
7.You probably don't need much knowledge at all because it was made for families too.
8. ~399
9. It was still big but is starting to look a little more like the computers we have now. It is still pretty old and rusty looking.
7) Xerox PARC systems - Alto
1. 1973
2. Chuck Thacker, Douglas Engelbart, Butler Lampson.
3. It was successful as in it worked well but not successful because it was not a commercial product, but several thousand units were built and were heavily used at PARC, other Xerox facilities, and at several universities for many years.
4.
5. It got its name from the company.
6. It was not very popular because they didn't sell many.
7. You probably need a normal amount of computer knowledge.
8. ~ 75,000$
9. It had kind of a long screen and it was old and you could buy it with a workstation.
1. 1973
2. Chuck Thacker, Douglas Engelbart, Butler Lampson.
3. It was successful as in it worked well but not successful because it was not a commercial product, but several thousand units were built and were heavily used at PARC, other Xerox facilities, and at several universities for many years.
4.
5. It got its name from the company.
6. It was not very popular because they didn't sell many.
7. You probably need a normal amount of computer knowledge.
8. ~ 75,000$
9. It had kind of a long screen and it was old and you could buy it with a workstation.