Computer History Project

First Interactive Electronic Game Invented

Jan 25, 1947

Cathrode Ray Tube Amusement DeviceThe Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device was the first ever electronic game invented, Developed by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann, its was made on a Cathrode ray tube. This was never marketed or released to the public.

ENIAC Invented

Jul 29, 1947

ENIAC The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was the first computer ever, the machine filled an entire room and costs approximately 500,000 dollars (about 6 million today), Developed by the University of Pennsylvania.

First Tablet Developed

Apr 17, 1968

DynabookThe Dynabook was developed as a concept and was aimed at giving not only adults access to digital media but children as well. It waqs 9" by 12" and featured a keyboard and a stylus.

ARPANET Released

Jul 16, 1969

ARPANETARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) was released in mid-1969 this was the earliest known network which later became known as the internet. Was only used for Government and Military purposes and was never released to the public.

First CPU Developed

Nov 15, 1971

Intel 4004The Intel 4004 was the first complete CPU on one chip It was a 4-bit and had 16 pins. It allowed a higher number of Transistors and provided a faster processing speed

First Personal Computer Developed

Jan 17, 1975

Altair 8800The Altair 8800 Was the very first personal computer invented, t was a microcomputer design from 1975 based on the Intel 8080 CPU. An assembled unit was 250$

Microsoft Founded

Apr 4, 1975

MicrosoftMicrosoft was founded by Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their first product was the Microsoft BASIC, The first High level programming language avalible for the Altair 8800.

Apple Founded

Apr 1, 1976

AppleApple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976, Their first product was the Apple I computer

Apple I Released

Apr 11, 1976

Apple IBeing Apple's first product, it was hand built by Steve Wozniak only about 200 units were produced and sold for 666.66 dollars.

First Mobile Phone Released

Mar 6, 1983

Motorlola DynaTACThe DynaTAC 8000x Developed by Motorola was the very first mobile phone produced and released to the public, Featured an LED display for dialing and recalling, one unit was priced at $3,995

Windows 1.0 Released

Nov 20, 1985

Windows 1.0This 16-bit graphical operating element was the very first installation of Microsoft's Windows.

First Touchscreen Phone Developed

Aug 16, 1994

IBM SimonThe IBM Simon Personal Communicator was the first mobile phone created it was also a PDA as well.

MAC OS X Series Released

Mar 24, 2001

OS XMac OS X (Now known as just OS X) is a series of Operating systems by Apple, It consists of Cheetah, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion.

Windows 7 Released

Jul 22, 2009

Windows 7Windows 7 is the current operating system from Microsoft (As of September 2012) it had alot of features that its prededor Windows Vista did not have, including a new taskbar and improved boot performance.

Windows 8 First Announced

Jan 14, 2011

Windows 8Windows 8 was announced by Microsoft in mid-January and is said to be released in October 26th 2012. It would be used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablets, and home theater PCs.