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Developments in microelectronics in the early 1970s meant that computers at home seemed about to become commonplace: the kitchen computer would hold all of the family's recipes and keep a record of food in the larder; the study computer would manage the family finances; and the kids' computers would educate and entertain them. Engineers, enthusiasts and budding entrepreneurs set about making home computers a reality, and although the first machines were extremely limited, later models significantly affected life at home, at school and at work. This is the story of the first commonplace home computers - the Sinclairs, Commodores, Amstrads, Acorns, Apple Macs, and the earliest versions of Microsoft Windows - that helped to make the computer an indispensable item in the British home.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Early Home Computers
• Author: Kevin Murrell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• EAN: 9780747812166
• ISBN: 0747812160
• ID: 01242645
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 114 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 152 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. February 2013

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