Computer History

By hhubbard17

  • Z3 Was Created

    Z3 Was Created
    A German Engineer, Konrad Zuse made a computer that used 2,900 relays, had a floating point binary arithmic, and had a 22-bit word length. The origional Z3 was destroyed in a bombing in Berlin, he later made a second one, which is now on display Deutsches Museum in Munich.

  • IMB's SSEC

    IMB's SSEC
    IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed scientific data in public display near the company´s Manhattan headquarters. Before it got commisioned in 1952, it made the moon-positioning tables.

  • England's First Commercial Computer

    England's First Commercial Computer
    This computer solved clerical problems (typing, filing, etc.). It was modeled after the EDSAC, built to solve scheduling production and delivery cakes for the Lyons Tea shop.

  • IBM Ships The 701

    IBM Ships The 701
    IMB ships their first electronic computer, the 701. During the three years of production, IBM sold 19 machines to research labratories, aircraft companies, and federal government.

  • The LINC

    The LINC
    The LINC computer was created for the purpose of processing lab data.

  • Apollo Guidance Computer

    Apollo Guidance Computer
    This computer orbited the earth on Apollo 7. A year later, it steered Apollo 11 to the lunar surface. Astronauts commumunicated to the computer by punching in two-diget codes and the appropriate synatic cadegory into the display and keyboard unit.

  • The TV Typewriter

    The TV Typewriter
    The TV Typewriter, designed by Don Lancaster, provided the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set.
    It was made up of $120 worth in computer parts.

  • Apple-1

    Apple-1
    Steve Wozinack, a young american, made the Apple-1, a single-board for hobbyists.

  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Apple computers launched Macintosh: The first successful mouse-driven computer with a grafic user interface. Apple produced a 1.5 million commercial during the super bowl for Macintosh.

  • PS/2

    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.

  • Citations

    "Computer History Museum - Timeline of Computer History." Computer History Museum - Timeline of Computer History. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.