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Electronic Age

By nthlans

  • Television

    The "Golden Age of Television" refers to the era of live television production in the United States, roughly from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. A new golden age of television has begun, but the first golden age was about the availability of high-quality cultural offerings in an era of limited channels, made possible because early television receivers were expensive and could be afforded mostly by the more educated and cultured class of viewers.

  • Mainframe Computers (IBM 704, 1960)

    The 704 at that time was thus regarded as "pretty much the only computer that could handle complex math." The 704 was a significant improvement over the earlier IBM 701 in terms of architecture and implementation. Like the 701, the 704 uses vacuum tube logic circuitry. Changes from the 701 include the use of core memory instead of Williams tubes and the addition of three index registers.

  • Large Electronic Computer (EDSAC 1949)

    The electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. EDSAC was the second electronic digital stored-program computer to go into regular service. EDSAC 1 was finally shut down on 11 July 1958, having been superseded by EDSAC 2, which remained in use until 1965.

  • Transitor Radio

    A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following their development in 1954, made possible by the invention of the transistor in 1947, they became the most popular electronic communication device in history, with billions manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s.Their pocket size sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music anywhere they went.

  • Personal Computers (Apple 1)

    Apple Computer 1, also known later as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a desktop computer released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer. The Apple I was Apple's first product, and to finance its creation, Jobs sold his only motorized means of transportation, a VW Microbus, for a few hundred dollars, and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator for $500.