NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Toronto Star, Apple I, Computer Language
13 Oct 2012
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It was the introduction of intel"s rst microprocessors that triggered world- wide e orts to commercially develop personal computers (in canada, france, and the us). The historical mission of the creation of the rst microprocessor-powered. Pcs was ful lled by small, obscure electronic rms (such as micro computer. Machines of toronto or a small french electronic systems house r ealisations et etudes electroniques (r2e)) as well as by the computer hobbyists" move- ment of the mid 1970s the subject of the next lecture. From the start, it was clear to the mcm management that the microproces- sor technology would create a new computing paradigm based on individual use and ownership of computers. The mcm/70 computer designed and manufactured by the toronto-based. Source: york university computer museum; photograph by paul stachniak. The advent of the microprocessor had a profound impact on the consumer electronic market (e. g. pocket calculators and digital watches) and on the creation of the personal computer industry.
