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050		4	_aQA76.8.M43 S73 2011
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100	1		_aStachniak, Zbigniew.
245	1	0	_aInventing the PC : _bThe MCM/70 Story.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aMontreal : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c2011.
264		4	_c©2011.
300			_a1 online resource (225 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 At the Beginning, There Were Two -- 2 Inventing the PC -- 3 The Making of the MCM/70 -- A new era in integrated electronics -- The team -- From the key-cassette to the M/C prototype -- MCM/APL -- The production model of the MCM/70 -- 4 Unveiling the Future -- 5 It's All About Power -- Too much with too little? -- Sharing the power - the venture capital way -- The power supply that blacked out MCM -- 6 Changing Fortunes -- I do have a fighting position -- A revolution of his own -- Kutt's last stand -- Horned angels of hard-pressed entrepreneurs -- 7 The Day After -- President Berg -- Recycling the past -- Williams for Berg -- An APL machine to the end -- Conclusions -- Welcome to the computer age! -- The MCM/70 personal computer -- We could have been Apple -- Why was the MCM/70 forgotten? -- MCM Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520			_aIn May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, affordable, and easy-to-use personal computer - the very first of its kind.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMCM/70 (Computer).
650		0	_aMicrocomputers--Canada--Design and construction--History.
650		0	_aComputer engineering--Canada--History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aStachniak, Zbigniew _tInventing the PC _dMontreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2011 _z9780773538528
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3332273 _zClick to View
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