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Apple II and the Decision to Make a Personal Computer an Appliance

The Apple II kept the programmability and expansion of a hobby computer while packaging a keyboard, case, display support, color graphics, and ROM software as a product ordinary buyers could approach.

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VisiCalc and the Spreadsheet That Made the Personal Computer a Business Tool

Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston's VisiCalc turned a personal computer into an interactive financial model, letting users change one value and watch dependent calculations update automatically.

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