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Flip Flop
Two American physicists, Eccles and Jordan, invent the flip-flop circuit which will be necessary for high-speed electronic calculating. -
Teletypewriters
Teletypewriters and teleprinters come into limited use in Britain, Germany and the US -
Typewriter
IBM introduces the electric typewriter -
Calculator complete
Konrad Zuse completes his Z1 calculating machine -
Introduction of the calculator
Zuse introduces his Z1, the first programmable calculating machine. -
first digital computer
Zuse completes his Z3, the first program-controlled electromechanical digital computer. -
Colossus Computer
In Britain, the Colossus computer is completed and set to work breaking German codes -
Z4
Zuse completes his Z4 -
Hard Drive
IBM builds the first hard drive. It contains fifty 24 inch disks, has a capacity of 5 MB -
first disk
BM introduces RAMAC, a memory storage device based on rotating disks.