<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89<br><br>It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.KCKI.tLvZxBitrHP2&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.KCKI.tLvZxBitrHP2&smid=em-share</a></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aY2xlbWNAY2NjLmNvbQ%3D%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=3bef15a4-b5a8-4693-aa05-564cff3730c5"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>