1956-Librascope LGP-30 introduced
Physicist Stan Frankel, intrigued by small, general-purpose computers,
developed the MINAC at Caltech. The Librascope division of defense
contractor General Precision buys Frankel’s design, renaming it the
LGP-30 in 1956. Used for science and engineering as well as simple data
processing, the LGP-30 was a “bargain” at less than $50,000 and an early
example of a ‘personal computer,’ that is, a computer made for a single
user.
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