08/13/25 Grif.Net – Choices (+ Answers to Personal Computer Timeline Quiz)

Heard=
a story on the radio:

Wife: If your mother and your wife were attac=
ked at the same time by a tiger, which would you save.

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Husband: That’s easy.  The tiger, since they are=
an endangered species.

 

[Evidently ther=
e were no follow-up questions since the husband was immediately hospitalize=
d.]

 

 

~~ANSWERS to Pe=
rsonal Computer Timeline Quiz~~

 

Example =
1977 =3D Apple II (Steve Wozniak fame)

 

1. 1981 IBM PC

 

2. 1993 Apple Newt=
on

 

3. 1973 IBM Scamp (prototype) compute=
r

 

4. 1983 Compaq Portable

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5. 1976 Apple I

 

6.=
1991 Powerbook

 

7. 1977 TRS-80 (Radio Sh=
ack “Trash 80”)

 

8. 1995 IBM =
Thinkpad

 

9. 1986 Compaq Deskpro 386=

 

10. 1984 Apple Macintosh

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11. 1979 Atari 800

 

12. =
1996 Palm Pilot and Sony Vaio

 

13. 1975 A=
ltair 880 kit (coined term “personal computer”)

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14. 1987 IBM PS/2

 

1=
5. 1979 Texas Instruments TR-99/4a

 

Bonus=
: Give name AND year of the best selling personal computer in history:=

a. COMMODORE 64

b. 1982

 

~~

Dr Bob Griffin

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