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| IBM Model 5150 PC |
In 1977 Apple made the Apple II. A personal computer designed for games. Over 300 games were produced for the Apple II and it was very popular.It used floppy discs which could store data in metal discs.It had a colour display and could be upgraded. The main feature was you could connect to a television so families could use it.
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| Apple II PC |
The first IBM pc was model 5150 in 1981. It had a floppy and cassette system. This was when other companies were making clones of the pc's and selling them which made them expensive. In the 1980's though there was a price drop in pc's which made them a competition for consoles. The advantage of the pc was online capability , hardware could be upgraded , more sophisticated user interface , more accuate controls ( mouse and keyboard) which made games like FPS and RTS. This was the rise of home game computer.
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| Sinclair Spectrum |
In 1982 the Sinclair Spectrum was released which developed the home computer and could be used to program the computer. Also in 1986 the Commodore 64 was released. This was sold as a pc and a game console. It had a modem for online play and expansion slots to upgrade. It used a tape machine to load games up.17 million units were sold. The game Sentinel which was released for the Commodore 64 used a 3d environment which was advanced for the time.
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| Commodore 64 |
The features of a pc are processing power is more than consoles. Uses a hard drive for storage. Can play complex games but requires developers to specifically make games so they can run on a range of computers. Need to configure machine to use it efficiently.
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| Micro Processor |
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