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Difference Engine
The Difference Engine was made by Charles Babbage. The purpose of the difference engine was to be used as a calculator. -
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Computer History
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Z1
The Z1 was the first programmable/mechanical computer and at first it was called V1. This computer was made by Konrad Zuse. The computer itself had a floating point memory which could contain 64 words. In the control unit of the computer, they were able to view -
HP 200A Audio Oscillator (Hewlett Packard – HP)
The HP 200A Audio Oscillator (Hewllet Packard - HP) was made by David Packard and Bill Hewlett. For the movie, Fantasia, 1940, the Walt Disney Pictures computer was used as sound effect generators. -
Colossus
The Colossus was built by Tommy Flowers and the Colossus was the first electric programmable computer. The Colossus was used to break codes from the German for communicating during WW11. -
IBM Selective Sequence Electric Calculator
The company IBM was the inventors of this computer "IBM Selective Sequence Electric Calculator. This computer started to operate from the years 1948 - 1952 and the design of this ocmputer started in the late 1944. The purpose of this calculator was to calculate scientific data near the Head Quarters in Manhattan. -
Xerox Alto
The Xerox was made by Xerox and they made it in the year 1974 and also released to the market in the same year. The Xerox Alto was able to store a lot of files and at the same time, the computer was able to link to the local network and it also offered icons and menus. It was usually used for personal uses and work stations -
Osborne I
The Osbornce I was invented by Adam Osborne. The purpose of the computer was that it was a portable computer meaning that you can bring it around with you. This computer weighed 24 pounds. The computer has a display of 5 inches , 5 ¼ inches of floppy disk drives and also 64 Kilobytes. -
Apollo DN100
This computer provide more power than some of the mini computers also while the price is a fraction of how much a mini computer would be. Also it made it’s best to run intensive computer graphic programmes. -
Apple Lisa
This computer was a computer for personal uses. This computer had provided graphical user interfaces eg. icons and windows. The targeted customers were business customers. -
Macintosh (classic) /Macintosh 128K
The Mactinosh (classic) was invented by the company Apple. The original Macintosh later on called the Macintosh 128K had a feature allowed the user to interact with the computer with eg. icons and windows in a visual way. -
iPhone 6
the iPhone 6 was made the company Apple. You are able to do a lot of things at the tips of your fingers. With this iPhone, you are able to take photos with the camera which 8 megapixels also with autofocus and focus pixels. You can also use it as a computer with it having the iPhone having safari which is a searching browser. Calling, face timing, entertainment purposes and many more are all at the tips of your fingers.
