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EEVblog 1705 – The World’s First Desktop Personal Computer TEARDOWN
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EEVblog 1705 – The World’s First Desktop Personal Computer TEARDOWN
The world’s first desktop personal computer wasn’t the Apple 1 or the Altair 8800. It wasn’t even the HP 9100A, it was the Olivetti Programma 101 from 1965! Computer Teardowns don’t get much more vintage than this. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1705-the-worlds-first-desktop-computer-teardown/ Links: http://www.oldcomputers.arcula.co.uk/calc3.htm https://bellini.it/portfolio-articoli/mario-bellini-designer/ http://www.curtamania.com/curta/database/brand/olivetti/olivetti%20programma%20101/index.html https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum/delayline.html https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum/p101dl.html https://avvocatostella.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Il-primo-personalcomputer-lOlivetti-La-Programma-101.pdf https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/c-programma101.html https://www.fondazioneadrianolivetti.it/en/p101-cecam/ https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/olivetti-programma-101-at-the-origins-of-the-personal-computer/ https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/olivetti-programma-101-documentations-and-experiences.1239428/ https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Programma_101 Service manual: https://vintagecomputer.ca/files/Olivetti/Programma%20101/repair/RepairManualP101.pdf Reference …