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==Best reference on the creation of the PC==
==Best reference on the creation of the PC==
Anyone who wants to work on the history part of this article really needs to have and/or get a copy of the Chposky/Leonsis book. It's available on ABE for like $1 (in the US) plus shipping, and it's very well done indeed. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 20:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
Anyone who wants to work on the history part of this article really needs to have and/or get a copy of the Chposky/Leonsis book. It's available on ABE for like $1 (in the US) plus shipping, and it's very well done indeed. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 20:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)
==I edited out the Mac part==
I moved the discussion on the Mac over to [[Apple Macintosh]] - that paragraph started to cause the article to "lose course" a bit IMO [[User:Eric M Gearhart|Eric M Gearhart]] 22:32, 5 July 2008 (CDT)

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Those of us working on computers will eventually fill this out more. Things are already beginning to link here. Anyone who'd like is welcome to continue working on this article! Pat Palmer 12:21, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

Best reference on the creation of the PC

Anyone who wants to work on the history part of this article really needs to have and/or get a copy of the Chposky/Leonsis book. It's available on ABE for like $1 (in the US) plus shipping, and it's very well done indeed. J. Noel Chiappa 20:25, 25 March 2008 (CDT)

I edited out the Mac part

I moved the discussion on the Mac over to Apple Macintosh - that paragraph started to cause the article to "lose course" a bit IMO Eric M Gearhart 22:32, 5 July 2008 (CDT)

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