Model: Various personal computers

Company: Sinclair, Commodore, Atari, Oric Nova, Ei Niš

Year: 1970 – 1990

Type: Microcomputers

Istorija personalnog  računara kao potrošačkog elektronskog uređaja za masovno tržište započela je revolucijom mikroračunara 1970-ih. Lični računar je onaj namenjen za interaktivnu individualnu upotrebu, za razliku od glavnog računara na kome se zahtevi krajnjeg korisnika filtriraju preko operativnog osoblja ili sistema za podelu vremena u kojem jedan veliki procesor deli više pojedinaca. Nakon razvoja mikroprocesora, pojedinačni lični računari imali su dovoljno niske troškove da bi na kraju postali pristupačna roba široke potrošnje. Rani lični računari – uglavnom zvani mikroračunari – često su se prodavali u elektronskom obliku i u ograničenom broju, a bili su interesantni uglavnom hobistima i tehničarima. Neki od njih su činili nezaobilazni deo detinjstva i rane mladosti velikog broja ljudi.  Sati i sati dobre zabave uz video igre i interaktivni softver u okrilju sopstvenog doma su odgovorni za neke od najlepših uspomena na period njihovog odrastanja.

* The history of the personal computer as a consumer electronic device for the mass market began with the microcomputer revolution in the 1970s. A personal computer is one designed for interactive individual use, unlike a host computer where end-user requests are filtered through operating personnel or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by multiple individuals. After the development of microprocessors, individual personal computers had low enough costs to eventually become affordable consumer goods. Early personal computers – mostly called microcomputers – were often sold in electronic form and in limited numbers, and were of interest mainly to hobbyists and technicians. Some of them were an unavoidable part of the childhood and early youth of a large number of people. Hours and hours of good fun with video games and interactive software in your own home are responsible for some of the fondest memories of growing up.