Olivetti manufactured the Programm 101 that was invented by Pier Giorgio Perotto at the New York World’s Fair in 1964; it was the first desktop computer introduced to the public. There were sold about 44,000 Programma 101 computers with a price of $3,200 per computer. The first mass-marketed desktop computer was considered the HP 9100A computer that began marketing by Hewlett Packard.
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