c'mon guys, the altair was the first device with a CPU chip and memory

--marketed to INDIVIDUALS, with the expectation that only one person or one 
related family will use it
--intended to be for GENERAL PURPOSE

Two, IMHO, requirements for a PERSONAL COMPUTER.  Note that a "personal 
computer" can be used by business or colleges also without being disqualified 
to being a personal computer

earlier devices were targeted as TRAINERS, controllers, or for embeded use, 

or sold to organizations (business or colleges)

the LGP-30 was  used by one person AT A TIME, but on different days used by 
different people, who might or might not know each other, by some arbitrary 
scheduling algorithm.  The one I was familiar with was run by a tech or grad 
student, doing work not for self, but for another, definitely outside the realm 
of "personal"

(I could be mistaken about the mentioned 8008 device, but I think that was a 
training device, no?)

<pre>--Carey</pre>

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