Computer Histiory

ENIAC

May 31, 1943

Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer

Computer History

Period: May 31, 1943 to Jan 1, 2012

SSEC

Jan 18, 1948

IBM builds the SSEC (Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator). The computer contains 12,000 tubes.

UNIVAC 1101

Dec 17, 1950

First computer capable of storing and running a program

IBM 701

Apr 7, 1953

The machine has 256 40-bit words of main memory and can perform 2,200 multiplications per second. A total of 19 701 computers were sold.

RAMAC

Sep 13, 1956

IBM 305 RAMAC is the first computer to be shipped with a hard drive that contained 50 24-inch platters and was capable of storing 5 million characters and weighed a ton.

TIROS-1

Apr 1, 1960

The first succesful weather satalite.

Floppy Disk

Mar 12, 1967

IBM creates the first floppy disk

Magnavox Odyssey

Apr 11, 1972

Created by Ralph H. Baer he is commonly refered to as "father of Video Games" and created the first working games console.

Atari 2600

Oct 14, 1977

This console ran pac-man which sold 7-million and is considered a legendary game console.

Intel 80286

Feb 1, 1982

Codenamed P2, the 286, i286, or 80286 was first released on February 1, 1982 and referred to as the Intel 286, the 80286 had 134,000 transistors, ran at clock speeds from 4MHz to 12MHz, and was the first processor to be backwards compatible with previous processors.

INTEL 80386SL

Sep 25, 1990

A processor that uses low power and found in many portable computers.

Nintendo 64

Jun 23, 1996

Gaming console

WinRAR

Jun 22, 2002

WinRAR is a data compression program.

Xbox360

May 12, 2005

Gaming console

PlayStation3

Nov 11, 2006

Gaming console