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  David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California Garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator which became popular piece of test equipment for engineers.
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  The Complex Number Calculator is completed. The calculator was first completed in 1939 but Stibitz demonstrated the calculator at the American Mathematical Society and they had a conference held at Dartmouth College. This was the first demonstration of a remote access computer.
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  1 is completed.
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  Engineering Research Associates built the first commercially produced computers.
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  Digital data sets into commercial products and systems are improved to national and global systems.
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  Xerox opens Palo Alto Research Center.
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  Seagate Technology created the first hard disk drive in microcomputers.
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  Video Toaster is introduced by NewTek.