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Computers!
Hewlett-Packard is Founded. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator -
The Calculater
The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) is completed.In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College. -
Components
A silicon-based junction transistor, perfected by Gordon Teal of Texas Instruments Inc. The company became a household name when the first transistor radio incorporated Teal´s invention. -
Networking
AT&T designed its Dataphone, the first commercial modem, specifically for converting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network. -
Storage
BM 1360 Photo-Digital Storage System is delivered. In 1967, IBM delivered the first of its photo-digital storage systems to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The system could read and write up to a trillion bits of information -
Robots & Artificial Intelligence
Marvin Minsky developed the Tentacle Arm, which moved like an octopus. A PDP-6 computer controlled the arm, powered by hydraulic fluids. -
Computers
Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto. The Alto stored several files simultaneously in windows, offered menus and icons -
Companies
Xerox closes its computer division. After acquiring computer maker Scientific Data Systems (SDS) in 1969. Most of the rights to the machines were sold to Honeywell. -
Networking
The World Wide Web was born when Tim Berners-Lee. A browser, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer, follows links and sends a query to a server, allowing a user to view a site. -
Graphics & Games
Video Toaster is introduced by NewTek. The Video Toaster was a video editing and production system for the Amiga line of computers and included custom hardware and special software.
