Olivetti Programma 101 History of personal computers



first produced in 1965, programma 101 printing programmable calculator described in advertisements desktop computer . designed , produced italian company olivetti pier giorgio perotto being lead developer. olivetti programma 101 presented @ 1965 new york world s fair. on 44,000 units sold worldwide; in cost @ launch $3,200. built without integrated circuits or microprocessors, used transistors, resistors , condensers processing, programma 101 had features found in modern personal computers, such memory, keyboard, printing unit, magnetic card reader/recorder, control , arithmetic unit. hp later copied programma 101 architecture hp9100 series.








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