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- Heimcomputer, alphabetisch nach Hersteller sortiert (de)
- The home computers between 1977 and about 1995 were different from today's uniform and predictable machines. During this time it made economic sense for manufacturers to make microcomputers aimed at the home user. By simplifying the machines, and making use of household items such as television sets and cassette recorders instead of dedicated computer peripherals, the home computer allowed the consumer to own a computer at a fraction of the price of computers oriented to small business. Today, the price of microcomputers has dropped to the point where there's no advantage to building a separate, incompatible series just for home users. While many office-type personal computers were used in homes, in this list a "home computer" is a factory-assembled mass-marketed consumer product, usually at significantly lower cost than contemporary business computers. It would have an alphabetic keyboard and a multi-line alphanumeric display, the ability to run both games software as well as application software and user-written programs, and some removable mass storage device (such as cassette tape or floppy disk). This list excludes smartphones, personal digital assistants, pocket computers, laptop computers, programmable calculators and pure video game consoles. Single-board development or evaluation boards, intended to demonstrate a microprocessor, are excluded since these were not marketed to general consumers. Pioneering kit and assembled hobby microcomputers which generally required electronics skills to build or operate are listed separately, as are computers intended primarily for use in schools. A hobby-type computer often would have required significant expansion of memory and peripherals to make it useful for the usual role of a factory-made home computer. School computers usually had facilities to share expensive peripherals such as disk drives and printers, and often had provision for central administration. (en)
- Questo è un elenco degli home computer, ordinati alfanumericamente per nome del produttore e tra questi, cronologicamente per modello di computer. Note: in caso di produttori che hanno fatto sia computer di tipo home e personal computer orientati al mondo delle imprese, sono elencate solo le macchine incluse nella categoria degli home computer. (it)
- Dit is een overzichtslijst van home computers of thuiscomputers, alfabetisch gesorteerd op naam van de fabrikant chronologisch op computermodel. Opmerking: In het geval dat een fabrikant zowel home- als personal computers produceert zijn enkel de machines die behoren tot de categorie homecomputer opgenomen. (nl)
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- Heimcomputer, alphabetisch nach Hersteller sortiert (de)
- Questo è un elenco degli home computer, ordinati alfanumericamente per nome del produttore e tra questi, cronologicamente per modello di computer. Note: in caso di produttori che hanno fatto sia computer di tipo home e personal computer orientati al mondo delle imprese, sono elencate solo le macchine incluse nella categoria degli home computer. (it)
- Dit is een overzichtslijst van home computers of thuiscomputers, alfabetisch gesorteerd op naam van de fabrikant chronologisch op computermodel. Opmerking: In het geval dat een fabrikant zowel home- als personal computers produceert zijn enkel de machines die behoren tot de categorie homecomputer opgenomen. (nl)
- The home computers between 1977 and about 1995 were different from today's uniform and predictable machines. During this time it made economic sense for manufacturers to make microcomputers aimed at the home user. By simplifying the machines, and making use of household items such as television sets and cassette recorders instead of dedicated computer peripherals, the home computer allowed the consumer to own a computer at a fraction of the price of computers oriented to small business. Today, the price of microcomputers has dropped to the point where there's no advantage to building a separate, incompatible series just for home users. (en)
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