When did computers start to become regualry used?

[Lordy]

Originally Posted by Jim Jamieson

Early 70's I would say. We had a system at work in the local Austin Rover Main Dealer and it was housed in a room by its own.

The paper used then was the large wide sheet type with the punch holes either side.

I had a friend who worked at Digital in Ayr and remember being invited to an open day there. He said within a couple of years almost everyone will have a PC in their home.
I thought he was a bit sceptical but within just a few years PC's were made available to everyone.

I still have my original Windows 95 PC dry stored in the loft (sad NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- )

BTW I've also got loads of those early floppy discs some unused.

Ok so if they were came out in the 70's that means during the 60's They wouldn't have anything dating from the 1960's which was the time my Grand father was working then. Damn it.

I was hoping to find some sort of record of my grand fathers employment there.

guess I'll have to search the paper work or old kept files.

How ever I did find something interesting in a red file, design specifications of for brake discs, pads and callipers with carriers and yes it had Rover spec as well.

I reckon these were going to be designed and sold on to different garages or company's that would buy them, there was a few on there too, including Rover SD1. Rover 800 Rover 400 Rover 416 Aussie spec, Rover 200 I can go on, didn't find anything on the 75 or ZT tho, then again the file was 2001 dated.

Just one question back then they did use to record there own messages and send them away, like manufacturing updates and business sort of thing? I found lots of tapes, no music on them, there all dated and have specific instruction on them too.