News Release

January 14, 2002

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Oakton Community College's William A. Koehnline Gallery presents "The Computer Revolution," an exhibit gauging the development of the personal computer between the years 1970-1990. The exhibition runs through February 28 at Oakton's Des Plaines Campus Library, 1600 East Golf Rd.

The earliest machine on display is an IBM Punch Terminal Model 029 from 1969 that used a punch card for information storage. The most recent is a NeXT Cube from 1988. Designed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple, the computer originally sold for $6,500.

Among the other 17 machines on display are an IBM Personal Computer (PC) Model 5150; a Commodore PET 2001; and a Texas Instruments 99/4A that was introduced in 1979 and sold for $1,150; and the Osborne 1, which debuted in 1981 as the world's first portable computer.

For more information on the exhibit, call (847) 635-2633.

Media Contact: Gian Galassi (847) 635-1810

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