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1968
HP 9100A The HP 9100A was the first commercially available programmable scientific desktop calculator , weighing a hefty 40 pounds , and it paved the way for the desktop computers of today by storing programs on a magnetic card . A 1968 Science magazine ad for the 9100A included one of the first documented uses of the phrase personal computer .