Computers By zJKosze02@hatboro-horsham.org 2700 BCE Invention of the abacus (2700 B.C.) 1834 Creation of the first steam-driven computer 1856 Development of the binary number system 1901 Creation of the Antikythera mechanism (200 B.C.), the first analog computer 1936 Introduction of the Turing Machine 1942 first computer prototype 1963 1st computer 1976 first apple computer 1978 first laptop 1981 when was the first laptop made