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		reactordev 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Television is 100 years old today Baird did. Farnsworth invented the all-electric version (sans mechanical parts). A kin to Ed Roberts, John Blakenbaker and Mark Dean invented the personal computer but Apple invented the PC as we know it.

msla 10 days ago [–]

You're skipping a few steps (like the Altair 8800) if you say that Apple invented the PC as we know it. Apple didn't even invent the GUI as we know it.

reactordev 9 days ago | [–]

No, I mentioned Ed Roberts. Up until Apple, you had to solder your own or buy one that was put together for you.

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