Comment The personal computer (Score 1) 293
Actually Allen Fulmer - a professor of mathematics in Oregon designed and I built the prototype of a small computer years before any of these dudes. It used flip flops built on circuit boards using transistors. I designed the cards, etched them and soldered in all of the components by hand. It used as ASR 33 teletype machine as both and input / output and used paper tape for storage. It was finally manufactured by one Gamco Industries in Big Spring, Texas and sold to a number of schools. That was in the 1960's well before MITS, Altair, IMSAI and others. If interested contact me bud at dotnetchecksdotcom.