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If they aren’t PCs, and they aren’t microcomputers, then what should they be called?
by clankyclanker 4y ago
If they aren’t PCs, and they aren’t microcomputers, then what should they be called?
- flohofwoe 4y agoIn Germany they were usually called what translates to "home computer".
- clankyclanker 4y agoSure, but that was the “microcomputer” of the time. Room-sized main-frames were the computers, the file-cabinet sized PDP-8 was a mini-computer, and something that could fit on your desk was therefore the next size down, the micro-computer. This was around when the most portable computer was not known as a “laptop” but a “luggable” due to its mini-fridge-like nature.