computers

By thunder123

  • The beginning of computers

    The beginning of computers
    The Model K Adder was the basic circuitry for the soon to be built Model I Complex Calculator.

  • More than just a calculator.

    More than just a calculator.
    David Packard and Bill Hewlett founded their company in a Palo Alto California garage, and their first product the HP 200A Audio Oscillator was used in the Disney movie "Fanasia" in 1940

  • The Bombe was created

    The Bombe was created
    Alan Turing and Harold Keen made the first Bombe and it was used to ascertain the daily rotor start positions of Enigma cipher machines.

  • First Colossus operational at Bletchley Park

    First Colossus operational at Bletchley Park
    It was designed by British engineer Tommy Flowers, the Colossus was made to break the complex Lorenz ciphers used by Nazis during WWII.

  • First computer program to run on a computer

    First computer program to run on a computer
    Fredrick Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill developed Small-Scale Experimental Machine, was built to test a new memory technology.

  • CSIRAC runs first program

    CSIRAC runs first program
    Designed by British-born Trevor Pearcey, and used unusual 12-hole paper tape.

  • Ferranti Mark I sold

    Ferranti Mark I sold
    The title "First commercially available general-purpose computer" goes to the Ferranti Mark I.