That was a pretty long blink? The personal computer arguably begins with VisiCalc in 1979. > Through the 1970s, personal computers had proven popular with ele

That was a pretty long blink? The personal computer arguably begins with VisiCalc in 1979. > Through the 1970s, personal computers had proven popular with electronics enthusiasts and hobbyists, however it was unclear why the general public might want to own one. This perception changed in 1979 with the release of VisiCalc from VisiCorp (originally Personal Software), which was the first spreadsheet application. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers#VisiCalc_and_the_killer_app https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers#... Mainstream use of the web really took off in the second half of the 1990s. Arbitrarily, let's say with the release of Windows 95. That's a quarter of a century you'd be blinking for.