Computer History

The Z1 Computer made

Mar 20, 1938

Konrad Zuse creates the Z1 Computer a binary digital computer using punch tape
(I chose this because this was a revolutionary thing for computer history, one of the first electronic computers)

ABC Computer Prototype Made

Mar 20, 1939

John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry develop the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer) prototype I chose this because it shows the advancements made with the computer and how much closer they were to us

MARK Series

Mar 20, 1944

Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper designed the MARK series of computers at Harvard University This was one of the first super computers, which is why I chose it

Chess

Mar 20, 1949

Claude Shannon builds the first machine that plays chess I chose this to show that they made a computer to do more complex tasks

UNIVAC

Mar 20, 1951

UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was introduced - the first commercial computer made in the United States and designed principally by John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly I chose this because it was one of the first marketed computers

Optical Cable Made

Mar 20, 1956

Optical fiber was invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss I chose this because it was the first step to a digital cameras

Unimate

Mar 20, 1961

General Motors puts the first industrial robot, Unimate, to work in a New Jersey factory.

Computer Mouse

Mar 20, 1963

Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)

RAM

Mar 20, 1970

Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.

Apple

Mar 20, 1976

Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs