Hardware history time line By forinzine Aug 6, 1940 E-books were invented by Roberto Busa Nov 16, 1940 the first generation of computer invented Sep 17, 1941 Personal computer was invented by konrad zuse Sep 17, 1950 Game consoles were invented ralph baer Mar 20, 1956 second generation of computer invented Sep 17, 1956 Minicomputer was invented by Digital Equipment Corporation Sep 17, 1956 Microcomputer was invented by Isaac Asimov May 21, 1964 third generation of computer invented Sep 17, 1965 DEC PDP-8 was invented by Edson de Castro Sep 17, 1970 Laptop was invented by alan kay Sep 17, 1971 fourth generation of computer invented Sep 17, 1975 digital camera was invented by steven sasson Aug 20, 1976 Apple computer was invented by steve jobs Sep 17, 1981 IBM PC was invented by by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge Sep 17, 1989 nintendo was invented by Fusajiro Yamauchi Sep 17, 1990 kodac dsc was invented by steven sasson Sep 17, 1991 webcams were invented by Sep 17, 1994 Smartphones was invented by Aug 19, 2013 fifth generation of computer