IBM engineer Paul Fiedl develops the first personal computer prototype at IBM in 1973. The machine is called the SCAMP, an acronym for the Special Computer APL Machine Portable. The SCAMP has a built-in cassette tape drive, a Selectric type keyboard, 64K of memory, and a very small screen. The SCAMP leads to the launch of the IBM 5100 Portable Computer two years later.
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