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Evolution of Computer Literacy by Matthew Luong is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the history of computers from the ENIAC in 1946, which weighed 30 tons and cost $500,000, to modern computers. It describes early computers like the UNIVAC I from 1951, the Nova from 1969 that was the size of a desk and cost $4,000, and the Xerox Alto from 1973 that had a graphical user interface and mouse. The Commadore PET from 1977 cost $800 and stored data on cassettes. The first Macintosh from 1984 cost $3,000 and had 128 KB of memory.
- Author
- Matthew Luong
- Language
- EN