Gen X (1965-1976)

By Jholman
  • 3C DDP-116 introduced (Designed by engineer Gardner Hendrie)

    3C DDP-116 introduced (Designed by engineer Gardner Hendrie)

    It was the world's first commercial 16-bit minicomputer, and 172 systems were sold.
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    (1965-1976)

  • HP 2116A introduced (Hewlett-Packard)

    HP 2116A introduced (Hewlett-Packard)

    It marked HP's first use of integrated circuits in one of their commercial products.
  • (AGC) makes its debut (Charles Stark Draper Laboratory)

    (AGC) makes its debut (Charles Stark Draper Laboratory)

    the Apollo Guidance Computer or (AGC) for short took years of work to reduce the size of the Apollo spacecraft computer from the seven refrigerator size it was to a smaller unit weighing only 70 lbs.
  • IBM makes it's first all-semiconductor memory computer (Dennard)

    IBM makes it's first all-semiconductor memory computer (Dennard)

    IBM introduces the System 370 Model 145 mainframe computer, it's first complete semiconductor memory computer.
  • First Kenbak-1 is sold (John Blankenbaker's)

    First Kenbak-1 is sold (John Blankenbaker's)

    Designed by John V. Blankenbaker using small-scale integrated circuits, the Kenbak-1 used switches for input and lights for output from its 256-byte memory.