1977 and The Emergence of The "Trinity"
See also: Microcomputer revolutionBy 1976 there were several firms racing to introduce the first truly successful commercial personal computers. Three machines, the Apple II, PET 2001 and TRS-80 were all released in 1977, eventually selling millions of machines. Byte magazine later referred to their launch as the "1977 Trinity".
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