Amaya Toman M'magawo amasiku ano a mndandanda wathu wanthawi zonse pazochitika zazikulu zaukadaulo, timasunthira koyamba ku 1970s kenako mpaka 1980s. Tidzakumbukira kukhazikitsidwa kovomerezeka kwa CBBS yoyamba, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa Portable PC ndi IBM.
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CBBS yoyamba (1978)
Pa February 16, 1978, CBBS (Computerized Bulletin Board System) yoyamba idayamba kugwira ntchito ku Chicago, Illinois. Awa anali matabwa apakompyuta, ogawidwa ndi mitu. Ma BBS amayendetsedwa pa maseva omwe amayendetsa pulogalamu yapadera yomwe imalola kupanga maakaunti a ogwiritsa ntchito. Ma BBS amaonedwa kuti ndi amene amatsogolera malo ochezera amasiku ano, magulu okambitsirana, ndi njira zoyankhulirana zofananira. Woyambitsa wa Computerized Bulletin Board System yomwe tatchulayi anali Ward Christensen. Ma BBS poyambilira anali ongotengera zolemba ndipo malamulo adalowetsedwa kudzera pamakhodi, pambuyo pake mapulogalamu angapo otsogola kapena ocheperako a BBS adapangidwa, komanso kuchuluka kwa zosankha mu BBS kudakulanso.
IBM Portable PC Ikubwera (1984)
Pa February 16, 1984, makina otchedwa IBM Portable Personal Computer anayambitsidwa, imodzi mwa makompyuta oyambirira kunyamula - koma kunyamula kuyenera kutengedwa mosamala kwambiri pankhaniyi. Kompyutayo inali ndi purosesa ya 4,77 MHz Intel 8088, 256 KB ya RAM (yowonjezereka mpaka 512 KB) ndi chowunikira cha mainchesi asanu ndi anayi. Kompyutayo inalinso ndi drive ya 5,25-inch floppy disk, ndipo idayendetsa makina opangira a DOS 2.1. IBM Portable Personal Computer inkalemera ma kilogalamu oposa 13,5 ndipo idawononga $2795. IBM inasiya kupanga ndi kugulitsa chitsanzo ichi mu 1986, wolowa m'malo mwake anali IBM PC Convertible.
