Personal computing pioneer John Roach dies at 83; he introduced the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 and shipped 5K units in 1977, before Apple I and Commodore (Sam Roberts/New York Times)

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Personal computing pioneer John Roach dies at 83; he introduced the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 and shipped 5K units in 1977, before Apple I and Commodore  —  He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece.