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March 2001

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The first PC? Set the Wayback Machine to 1950.

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Quick-name the first personal computer. No, it wasn't the 1981 IBM PC, which introduced "PC" to the vernacular. Nor was it the 1977 Apple II. Not even the 1975 Altair-the first machine to run Microsoft software-represents the true origin of this species.

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