Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer—he became a millionaire just two years later at 23

Steve Jobs sold his car to raise enough money to build Apple’s first computer. Just one year later, the tech titan already ...
Yahoo

What was the first computer?

The first modern electronic digital computer was called the Atanasoff–Berry computer, or ABC. It was built by physics Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, in 1942 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

2,000 years ago, Greeks built a machine like the first computer

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would ...
Computer Weekly

My first computer: Making the leap into an IT career

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, recently held a diversity in tech panel. Following the event, Computer Weekly asked some of the panellists about their first computers and their first experiences ...
CNET

What was your first computer?

Way back at Morristown High School, around '69, we got an old IBM 1620. It was focused on scientific computation, in contrast to the 1133. Lots of blinking lights and code that allowed very primitive ...
KTVB

The first computer in Boise

BOISE, Idaho — Most people these days walk around with a personal computer in their purse, or pocket, or in their hands. Computers have come a long way and gotten quite a bit smaller than they used to ...