{"id":8908,"date":"2009-06-10T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=8908"},"modified":"2009-06-10T12:19:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T17:19:54","slug":"technologizer-patentmania-personal-computers-of-the-early-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/technologizer-patentmania-personal-computers-of-the-early-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Technologizer: Patentmania! Personal Computers of the Early 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/harrywp.jpg\" alt=\"harrywp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7653 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Harry McCracken<\/p>\n<p>The first few years of PC history were its stone age\u00e2\u20ac\u201cthe era when any signs of life whatsoever were history-making. The period from 1985 to the present, as amazing as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been, has been one of consistency and compatibility. Which is why I think of 1980-1985 as the most interesting half-decade  in PC history. Almost every new system (including some that debuted in 1979) was still an experiment\u00e2\u20ac\u201cand even flops could be fascinating. Herewith a gallery of notable examples, illustrated with evocative drawings from Google Patents.<\/p>\n<p>Data Processing System With Programmable Graphics Generator<\/p>\n<p>Filed January 8th, 1979<\/p>\n<p>With their advanced graphics and sound, I always thought of Atari\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 800 and 400 as the first third-generation personal computers\u00e2\u20ac\u201cwith the MITS Altair and its kin representing the first generation and the Apple II, Commodore PET, and Radio Shack TRS-80 the second. This 800 setup is uncommonly well-equipped, with two floppy drives, a tape deck, and what might have been considered a flat-screen TV in the early 1980s. Only two of the four joystick ports are occupied, though.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/datap2.jpg\" alt=\"datap2\" width=\"267\" height=\"199\" class=\"attachment wp-att-8913 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p>Computer Housing<\/p>\n<p>Filed November 1st, 1979<\/p>\n<p>If there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a heaven for old PCs, Radio Shack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s TRS-80 Model II probably shares a bunk bed there with the Apple III. Both were follow-ups to hugely popular computers. Both were aimed at business users. Neither was compatible with its predecessor. And both were flops. I only saw one Model II in the wild\u00e2\u20ac\u201cmy friend Charles\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father had one in his office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/trs.jpg\" alt=\"trs\" width=\"267\" height=\"199\" class=\"attachment wp-att-8921 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2009\/05\/27\/1980s-pcs\/\" target=\"_blank\">ARTICLE CONTINUED HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[This post is excerpted with Harry&#8217;s permission from his <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/\">Technologizer<\/a> blog.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/harrywp.jpg\" alt=\"oncomputers\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Harry McCracken<\/p>\n<p>The first few years of PC history were its stone age\u00e2\u20ac\u201cthe era when any signs of life whatsoever were history-making. The period from 1985 to the present, as amazing as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been, has been one of consistency and compatibility. Which is why I think of 1980-1985 as the most interesting half-decade  in PC history. Almost every new system (including some that debuted in 1979) was still an experiment\u00e2\u20ac\u201cand even flops could be fascinating. Herewith a gallery of notable examples, illustrated with evocative drawings from Google Patents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[2347,273,2348,2349,2350,2351,1910,1399,2352,4888],"class_list":["post-8908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technologizer","tag-agea","tag-apple","tag-data-processing-system","tag-flat-screen-tv","tag-google-patents","tag-joystick-ports","tag-model","tag-radio-shack-trs","tag-stone","tag-technologizer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Technologizer: Patentmania! 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