1930s Computer Timeline

By CharisCastille
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    1930s

  • Drum Memory

    Drum Memory

    Gustav Tauscheck invents drum memory, a memory system that was used in many early computers.
  • Z3

    Z3

    Konrad Zuse invents Z3, which was the first functioning programmable computer.
  • Z1

    Z1

    Konrad Zuse invents Z1, the first electromechanical binary programmable computer.
  • Turing Machine

    Turing Machine

    Alan Turing invents the Turning Machine, the precursor to the Universal Turing Machine, which was used to crack the enigma code in World War Two.

  • Electrophotographic Image

    Chester Carlson creates the first electrophotographic image, which became the first Xerox machine, a precursor to the modern printer.