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December 19, 1974 The first personal computer, Altair 8800, went on sa
1974 - The first personal computer, Altair 8800, went on sale.The MITS Altair 8800 is a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the first month. Today the Altair is widely recognized as the spark that led to the personal computer revolution of the next few years: The computer bus designed for the Altair was to become a de facto standard in form of the S-100 bus, and the first programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, Altair BASIC.Dec 19 2004 14:40 GMT

Antique Price Guides. First lets talk about how price guides come up w
There are three ways prices get into guide books: Prices are taken from auction results. Guide prices are observed at shows, stores, and within advertisements. Prices are gathered by surveying dealers. Most antiques price guides are compiled using a combination of the three methods listed above. Using a combination and averaging the results is the only way to get reliable information. http://vialin.com Daily Press. Sep 23 2004 02:14 GMT

The use of RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Feed in Fine Arts and Artists
I decided to use the RSS (real simple syndication) Feed to promote and divulge my Fine Arts and Antiques articles from my site: Fine Arts and Antiques San Cristobal http://www.vialin.com/ like a source medium. Anyone can read my news or plug the .xml source file into their pages, and every time that I update... Jul 23 2004 01:45 GMT

Kammer &Reinhardt 103 Doll Sells For $120,000 Via Internet at LEGO Mus
I just returned from a fascinating weekend at the LEGO Museum Auction conducted by Theriault's in Las Vegas. It was of course a wonderful opportunity to see all of the...

 

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