This past weekend, we spent some time among the computer enthusiasts at the Vintage Computer Fest East, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists. The event was a mix of things: part ...

Commentator Andrei Codrescu remembers the first word processor he had — the Kaypro II in the 1980s. Its inventor, Andrew Kay, died Aug. 28, at the age of 95. The Kaypro II weighed in at a mere 26 ...

In 1983, I was a an academically struggling high school freshman. My Dad, a professor, brought home a Kaypro computer. It weighed 24 pounds, had a 9 inch internal green screen monitor, and two disc ...

Computers began appearing in the home in the mid to late 1970s. Most of these first personal computers were kits assembled by hobbyists and engineers wanting a computer to do programming work at home ...