Computer History

  • Wells Fargo Bank Banking Automation Reaches the Customer

    Wells Fargo Bank Banking Automation Reaches the Customer
    The 1970's have saw a rapid growth in financial transaction networks. Also, by the end of the decade the systems were in Europe and North America.
  • MOS 6502 is introduced

    MOS 6502 is introduced
    It was introduced an a conference in San Francisco at a cost of twenty five dollars. A low cost microprocessor. It was used in the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Apple II and Commodore PET.
  • 3 1/2-Inch Floppy Drive

    3 1/2-Inch Floppy Drive
    The first floppy disk drive was introduced by Sony. It helped other companies create other standards of floppy drives.
  • Intel introduces the 80486 microprocessor

    Intel introduces the 80486 microprocessor
    It contained more than one million transistors. The 80486 had an on-chip unified instruction and data cache and an optional floating-point unit. Doubled the performance of the version before it.
  • JPEG standard finalized

    JPEG standard finalized
    It set new standards for digital images. It allowed the trade-off between photo quality and file size. It is a widely used program.
  • Grand Theft Auto is released

    Grand Theft Auto is released
    It is set in the Liberty city, which is a fictional city in New York City. It was a huge success, and more were created later on for different gaming counsels.
  • Blue-ray optical disk

    Blue-ray optical disk
    It was intended to be the successor to the DVD. It was designed to store high definition video at 1080p.
  • The Apple iPhone is released

    The Apple iPhone is released
    The first iPhone was released which had a new function of being able to download applications. Also many other significant technological advances.
  • Kylie's first iPad

    Kylie's first iPad
    With my first iPad I had to buy half of it with my own money that I had earned. It taught me to keep care of my belongings by myself and help my independence.
  • Nick's First iPhone

    Nick's First iPhone
    My first phone was an iPhone. I got it for Christmas from my Mommom. Because it was my first phone, she had to make the way she gave it to me special. She wrapped up a box that was supposed to have a stapler in it. To my surprise, when I opened the box there was an iPhone inside.