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L51-2: Predicting the future

ɛl51-2: prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðə ˈfjuːʧə

It can properly be described as the first 'home computer' and it pointed the way to the future. This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple.

In the early 1980s, the computer giant, IBM produced the world's first Personal Computer. This ran on an 'operating system' called DOS, produced by a then small company named Microsoft. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied. From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today. Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today.Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would learn to 'think' for themselves and would 'rule the world', which people liked to believe in those days.

ɪt kæn ˈprɒpəli biː dɪsˈkraɪbd æz ðə fɜːst həʊm kəmˈpjuːtə ænd ɪt ˈpɔɪntɪd ðə weɪ tuː ðə ˈfjuːʧə. ðɪs wɒz ˈfɒləʊd, æt ði ɛnd ɒv ðiː 1970ɛs, baɪ ə məˈʃiːn kɔːld ən ˈæpl.

ɪn ði ˈɜːli 1980ɛs, ðə kəmˈpjuːtə ˈʤaɪənt, aɪ-biː-ɛm prəˈdjuːst ðə wɜːldz fɜːst ˈpɜːsnl kəmˈpjuːtə. ðɪs ræn ɒn ən ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstɪm kɔːld duːz, prəˈdjuːst baɪ ə ðɛn smɔːl ˈkʌmpəni neɪmd ˈmaɪkrəsɒft. ði aɪ-biː-ɛm ˈpɜːsnl kəmˈpjuːtə wɒz ˈwaɪdli ˈkɒpid. frɒm ðəʊz ˈhʌmbl bɪˈgɪnɪŋz, wiː hæv siːn ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɒv ðə ˈjuːzə-ˈfrɛndli həʊm kəmˈpjuːtəz ænd ˌmʌltɪˈmiːdɪə məˈʃiːnz wɪʧ ɑːr ɪn ˈkɒmən juːz təˈdeɪ. kənˈsɪdərɪŋ haʊ ˈriːsnt ðiːz dɪˈvɛləpmənts ɑː, ɪt ɪz ˈiːvən mɔː rɪˈmɑːkəbl ðæt æz lɒŋ əˈgəʊ æz ðiː 1960ɛs, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, liːˈɒn Bagrit, wɒz ˈeɪbl tuː prɪˈdɪkt sʌm ɒv ðə ˈjuːzɪz ɒv kəmˈpjuːtəz wɪʧ wiː nəʊ təˈdeɪ.Bagrit dɪsˈmɪst ði aɪˈdɪə ðæt kəmˈpjuːtəz wʊd lɜːn tuː θɪŋk fɔː ðəmˈsɛlvz ænd wʊd ruːl ðə wɜːld, wɪʧ ˈpiːpl laɪkt tuː bɪˈliːv ɪn ðəʊz deɪz.

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