Personal computers Personal computers The Luxor ABC800 series were office-versions of the ABC80 home computer. All the 800s had more memory, 32kb RAM was standard, and the ABC806 also had colour graphics. A monocrome version was manufactured and sold as ABC800M. "Who needs IBM-compatibility?", asked Luxor's adverts. ...more on Wikipedia about "ABC800"
The Acorn Archimedes was Acorn Computers Ltd's first general purpose home computer based on their own 32-bit ARM RISC CPU, and spawned a family of very capable machines with various options. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acorn Archimedes"
The Actrix computer, released in 1984 by Actrix Computer Corporation, was a Zilog Z80-based transportable personal computer running CP/M-80 V2.2. Its predecessor was the Access computer by Access Matrix Computer Corporation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actrix"
The Amiga is a family of home/ personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer. Commodore International introduced the machine to the market in 1985, after having bought Amiga Corp. The machine was ahead of its time, sporting a custom chipset with advanced graphics and sound capabilities, and a sophisticated multitasking operating system, now known as AmigaOS. Based on the Motorola 68k series of 32-bit microprocessors, the Amiga provided a significant upgrade from 8-bit computers such as the Commodore 64, the Amiga quickly grew in popularity among computer enthusiasts, especially in Europe. It also found a prominent role in the video production business. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amiga"
The Amstrad PCW series ( Personal Computer Word processor) was British company Amstrad's versatile line of home/personal microcomputers pitched as a complete, integrated home/office solution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amstrad PCW"
The Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II line of personal computers, was Apple Computer's first endeavor to produce a portable computer. The end result was a "luggable" 7½ pound notebook sized version of the Apple II which could be easily be transported from place to place. The "c" in the name stood for "compact", referring to the fact it was essentially a complete Apple II computer setup (minus display and powersupply) squeezed into a small notebook sized housing. While sporting a built-in floppy drive and new rear peripherial expansion ports, it lacked the internal expansion slots and direct motherboard access of earlier Apple II's, making it a closed system. However that was the intended direction for this model--a more appliance like machine, ready to use out of the box, requiring no technical know-how or experience to hook up and therefore attractive to first time users. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple IIc"
The Apple IIe was the third model in the Apple II line of personal computers, produced by Apple Computer. The "e" in the name stood for "enhanced", referring to the fact that several popular features were now built-in that were previously only available as third party upgrades and add-ons in earlier models. It also improved upon expandability and added a few new features, which all combined, made it very attractive to first-time computer shoppers as a general purpose machine. The Apple IIe has the distinction of being the longest-lived computer in Apple's history, having been manufactured and sold for nearly 11 years with relatively few changes. For this reason, it is the most commonly recognized model in the Apple II line. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple IIe"
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The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. At the time of its release it had stunning color graphics and state-of-the-art sound capabilities that surpassed those of most other computers, including the black and white Macintosh (apart from a slighter lower vertical resolution). Following in this theme the "GS" in its name officially stood for "Graphics" and "Sound", a reference to its vast enhancement in this area over previous models of the line. Along with its true 16-bit architecture, increased processing speed, direct access to megabytes of RAM and a Graphical User Interface and mouse now standard, the machine was a radical departure from any previous Apple II. While still maintaining full backwards compatibility with earlier Apple II models, along side its new features, it represented a hybrid machine of sorts that blended the Apple II and aspects of Macintosh technology into one. The Apple IIGS set forth a promising future and evolutionary advancement of the Apple II line, but Apple paid it relatively little attention as the company increasingly focused on the Macintosh platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple IIGS"
The Apple Lisa was a revolutionary personal computer designed at Apple Computer during the early 1980s. The Lisa project was started at Apple in 1978 and slowly evolved into a project to design a powerful personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) that would be targeted towards business customers. Around 1982, Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project, so he joined the Macintosh project instead. Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh is not a direct descendant of Lisa, although there are obvious similarities between the systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple Lisa"
The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers—designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer—that run the Macintosh operating system ("Mac OS"). Named after the McIntosh apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. It was the first commercially successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and mouse instead of the then-standard command line interface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple Macintosh"
The Aster CT-80, an early home/ personal computer developed by the small Dutch company MCP (later renamed to Aster Computers), was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists. Later it was sold ready to use. It consisted of several Eurocard PCB's and a backplane. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aster CT-80"
The Atari Falcon was Atari's final computer product, more specifically named the Atari Falcon030 Computer System. The machine was based on a Motorola 68030 main CPU, and had a Motorola 56000 digital signal processor (the latter distinguishing it from most other microcomputers of the era). ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari Falcon"
The Atari Mega STE was Atari's last ST series machine. Taking something from all the 680x0-based machines they'd produced, they had the idea of a more business-like version of their main machine, from the ST vs the Mega ST, and the new features of the STE, the actual case designed from the TT (plus some other features) and wrapped that up with some other upgrades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari MEGA STE"
The Atari ST is a home/ personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. It was released by Atari in 1985. The "ST" allegedly stood for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari ST"
The Atari TT030 was the fastest system that Atari ever built. Essentially based around the existing Atari ST specifications, Atari made a number of improvements that resulted in the creation of this powerhouse system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari TT030"
The BeBox was a short-lived dual processor PC, offered by Be Incorporated to run their own operating system, BeOS. ...more on Wikipedia about "BeBox"
:This article refers to beige boxes in personal computing. For information about beige box phone phreaking devices, see Beige box (phreaking). ...more on Wikipedia about "Beige box"
The Cambridge Z88 was an A4-size, lightweight, portable Z80-based computer with a built-in combined word processing/ spreadsheet/ database application called Pipedream, along with several other apps/utilities, such as a Z80-version of BBC BASIC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cambridge Z88"
The Canon Cat was a task-dedicated, desktop computer released by Canon Inc. in 1987 at a price of $1495 USD. On the surface it was not unlike the dedicated word processors popular in the late 1970s to early 1980s, but it was far more powerful and incorporated many unique ideas for data manipulation. There is a current software project underway, initiated by Jef Raskin himself, to develop a similar yet even more capable system for today's computing systems. The project (called Archy) is designed to eventually replace current software interfaces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canon Cat"
Commodity computing is quite simply, computing done on commodity computers as opposed to supermicrocomputers or boutique computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodity computing"
The Commodore 128 (C128, CBM 128, C=128) home/ personal computer was Commodore Business Machines (CBM)'s last commercially released 8-bit machine. Introduced in January of 1985 at the CES in Las Vegas, it appeared three years after its predecessor, the bestselling C64. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodore 128"
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The Commodore CBM-II series was a short-lived range of 8-bit personal computers from Commodore Business Machines (CBM), intended as a follow-on to the Commodore PET series, released in 1982. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodore CBM-II"
The Commodore LCD was a LCD-equipped laptop computer made by Commodore International. Only a few of them have been built. This model has never been released. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodore LCD"
The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home-/ personal computer produced by Commodore starting in the late 1970s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodore PET"
Compis ( Swedish name), Scandis ( Norwegian name) was a computer system designed and sold to schools beginning 1984. Since it was intended for educational use, it received the name Compis, which is short for COMPuter In School. The name can also be interpreted as a pun on the Swedish word kompis, meaning friend or pal. The development was started by Svenska Datorer in 1982 and was overtaken by TeleNova when the former went bankrupt. The computer was distributed by Esselte and mostly marketed towards, and sold to, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish gymnasium-level schools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Compis"
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