Personal computers - Sphere 1 the first true personal computer in history

The first true personal computer in history is Sphere 1, invented by Michael Donald Wise under his company Sphere Corporation located in Utah, United States of America. Sphere 1 originally sold as separate computer kit (separate monitor, keyboard) and later sold as full computer unit assembled as all-in-one desktop computing unit for personal use. Michael Donald Wise is the first man to create pressing technique of Ctrl+Alt+Delete that was originally used to clear out RAM in Sphere 1, while today pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete will make Task Manager window appears on screen. The image in this article shows newspaper advertisement of Sphere 1 published on January 1976, please click the image for larger view, the actual size of the image is 1275 x 1650 pixels, it may loads slow.

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