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Computer History

  • IBM´s SSEC

    IBM´s SSEC
    IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed scientific data in public display near the company´s Manhattan headquarters.
  • IBM´s SSEC

    IBM´s SSEC
    IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed scientific data in public display near the company´s Manhattan headquarters.
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    Technology of computers

  • MITS AltairSAGE operator system

    MITS AltairSAGE operator system
    The air defense system operated on the AN/FSQ-7 computer (known as Whirlwind II during its development at MIT) as its central computer.
  • Xerox Alto

    Xerox Alto
    It was for network and you could connect a mouse to it.
  • Scelbi 8H

    Scelbi 8H
    The Scelbi 8H was forIt had 4 kilobytes of internal memory and a cassette tape, with both teletype and oscilloscope interfaces.
  • MITS Altair

    MITS Altair
    The January edition of Popular Electronics featured the Altair 8800 computer kit, based on Intel´s 8080 microprocessor, on its cover. The machine came with 256 bytes of memory (expandable to 64K) and an open 100-line bus structure that evolved into the S-100 standard. In 1977, MITS sold out to Pertec, which continued producing Altairs through 1978.
  • Commodore PET

    Commodore PET
    To operate, with either 4 or 8 kilobytes of memory, two built-in cassette drives, and a membrane "chiclet" keyboard.
  • Amiga 1000 with Seiko Music Keyboard

    Amiga 1000 with Seiko Music Keyboard
    Had audio and video capabilities beyond those found in most other personal computers.
  • IBM PS/2

    IBM PS/2
    IBM introduced its PS/2 machines, which made the 3 1/2-inch floppy disk drive and video graphics array standard for IBM computers.
  • VideoToaster Installed at Local Television Station

    VideoToaster Installed at Local Television Station
    The Video Toaster was a video editing and production system for the Amiga line of computers and included custom hardware and special software.