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126. Here is the history.

The first desktop computer kit, an Altair, that retailed for slightly less than $400, was sold in 1974 by Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS). Originally, desktop computers originally were just kits: Nothing assembled was sold until the 1980s. Even Steve Jobs's and Steve Wozniak's 1976 Apple I was a kit, the prototype for which was assembled in Jobs's garage.

The first assembled desktop computers were very expensive for the little that they did and ran on BASIC language, which the owner had to program. Only a few of them had any disk systems since mainly, the data was loaded from tape. The first home computers had programs and data loaded from a cassette tape machine. One of these was the RadioShack TRS-80, which was sold in two versions in 1984. The price was $799 for 8KB version, and $1134 for the 32KB version. A floppy drive for this was around $400 more, but that came later.

The first desktop computer that became the pattern for the current home computer was the IBM PC Junior, which sold for $669 and $1,269. Half a million were sold. From this design, there were many imitations, which manufacturers shamelessly sold as "IBM PC Clones." In fact, the operating system for this prototype was bought by Microsoft from the Seattle Computing company and licensed for use by IBM. The relationship lasted for several years and is the basis for the early profits of the Microsoft Corporation. However, the licensing agreement was terminated in 1993 with the advent of Microsoft MS-DOS version 6, which brought more functionality to the operating system.

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