Capital de TokensNASA used this Italian computer before any PC
Watch on YouTube On Christmas in 1968, the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission were orbiting the Moon and relying, to verify the calculations for their safe return to Earth, on a machine designed not in Houston, but in a small town in northern Italy. And it wasn't a top-secret military prototype, but a commercial machine that any company could buy at a store for about three thousand dollars at the time. Which is right. It was called Programma 101, and it is considered by most technology historians to be the first commercial personal computer in history.
On Christmas in 1968, the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission were orbiting the Moon and relying, to verify the calculations for their safe return to Earth, on a machine designed not in Houston, but in a small town in northern Italy. And it wasn’t a top-secret military prototype, but a commercial machine that any company could buy at a store for about three thousand dollars at the time. Exactly. It was called Programma 101, and it is considered by most technology historians to be the first commercial personal computer in history.
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