Difference between revisions of "Computer model"
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| − | Apple II.jpg|[[Apple II]] | + | Apple II.jpg|[[Apple II]] |
| − | Atari 800 - Computer.jpg|[[Atari 8-bit]] | + | Atari 800 - Computer.jpg|[[Atari 8-bit]] |
| − | Atari ST - 520ST.jpg|[[Atari ST]] | + | Atari ST - 520ST.jpg|[[Atari ST]] |
| − | Commodore 64.jpg|[[Commodore 64]] | + | Commodore 64.jpg|[[Commodore 64]] |
| − | Commodore VIC-20.jpg|Commodore [[VIC-20]] | + | Commodore VIC-20.jpg|Commodore [[VIC-20]] |
IBM 5150 PC - With 5151 Monitor.jpg|[[IBM Personal Computer]] | IBM 5150 PC - With 5151 Monitor.jpg|[[IBM Personal Computer]] | ||
| − | PCjr - Booting.jpg|IBM [[PCjr]] | + | PCjr - Booting.jpg|IBM [[PCjr]] |
| − | Macintosh 128k.png|[[Macintosh Classic]]. | + | Macintosh 128k.png|[[Macintosh Classic]] |
| − | Tandy 1000.jpg|[[Tandy 1000]] | + | PC-8801 - Advertisement.jpg|[[PC-8800]] |
| − | TRS-80 Color Computer - Package.jpg|[[TRS-80 Color Computer]] | + | PC-9801 - Original Model.jpg|[[PC-9800]] |
| + | Tandy 1000.jpg|[[Tandy 1000]] | ||
| + | TRS-80 Color Computer - Package.jpg|[[TRS-80 Color Computer]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 9 October 2020
A computer model is a specific model of computer. In the early days of computers, every new computer was essentially a completely new combination of hardware and software. For example, the Commodore VIC-20 was incompatible with software and hardware designed for previous Commodore PET and the subsequent Commodore 64. By the mid-1980s, computer models started to be released in lines of multiple models that ran compatible software like the Amiga which had over a dozen models featuring mostly-compatible software and hardware. By the late-1980s, most computer models were designed by cloning one of the most popular existing systems in order to be able to run their operating systems and software. By the mid-1990s, the computer model was largely irrelevant and it really mattered which operating system the computer could run.
Personal
Throughout my life I have used many different computer models and own several older 8-bit models. I began using various 8-bit home computer models in the 1980s, but my family's first computer was a Packard Bell 386 SX which ran MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0 with multimedia extensions.
Computer Models
These are computer models that are important to me. For all computer models, see the category.
Topics
- Category: Computer Models
Media
Pictures
A chronological time line of computers (1939-2010).
Evolution of early computers.
Links
