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Priceless barn find: World's first microcomputers discovered by cleaners

Two of the first-ever desktop computers have been found in storage boxes at Kingston University in London. A milestone in human achievement, the Q1 microprocessor computer was released more than half a century ago, and only one other is known to exist.

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    Priceless barn find: World's first microcomputers discovered by cleaners

    Priceless barn find: World's first microcomputers discovered by cleaners

    Two of the first-ever desktop computers have been found in storage boxes at Kingston University in London. A milestone in human achievement, the Q1 …

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