Kriativ-techVolume 1, Issue 7, April 2018, Pages: xxxReceived: Nov. 28, 2017;Accepted: Dec. 8, 2017;Published: Feb. 24, 2018

Authors

Pedro Ramos Brandão, Professor Coordenador do ISTEC,  Departamento de Estudos e Investigação em Tecnologias de Informação e Sociedade - ISTEC

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Pedro Ramos Brandão, História da Informática: o aparecimento do computador pessoalDOI: 10.31112/kriativ-tech-2018-01-14

Abstract

The appearance of the first personal computers, the differentiating peculiarities in relation to mainframes. The evolution of storage allowing the appearance of DOS and BIOS. The evolution of microprocessors simultaneously with the evolution of semiconductors.

Keywords

Personal Computer, Computer History, Computer History, Calculation, Microprocessor, Altair, BASIC, System / 360.

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