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Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett Packard is found. David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, was the HP 200A Audio Osaillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. I put this one in her because HP is very popular. -
Westland Whirlwind Project
During World War 2, the U.S. Navy approached the massachusetts INstutue of Technology. (MIT) about to building a flight simulator to train bomber crews. The team first built a large analog computer, but found it inaccurate and inflexiable. After designers saw a demonstration of the ENIAC computer they decided on building a digital computer. By the time the Whirlwind was completed in 1951, the Navy had lost interest in the it though the U.S Air Force would. This one because its one of airplane. -
Mathematical Theory of Communication
Claude Shannon's Mathematical Theory of Communication showed engineers how to code data so they could check for accuracy after transmission between computers Shannon identified the bit ad the fundermantal unit of data and coincidentally the Basic Unit of Computation. This one becuase I was in a hurry. -
The National Bureau of Standards
The National Bureau of Standards completed SWAC (Standards Western Automatic Computers) at the Institute for Numerical Analysis in Los Angeles Rather than testing components like its companion the SEAC the SWAC had an objective of cpmputing using already-devoloped technology. This one because it they used already-devoloped technology. -
MIT
At MIT reseachers began expirimentation on direct keyboard input on computers, a precuisor to today's normal mode of operation. Doug Ross wrote a memo advocating direct access in Feburary; five months later the Whirlwind aided in such an expirement. This one becuase it has computers. -
Fairchild Camera and Insrument Corp.
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. produced the first widely accepted epitaxal gold-doped NPN transistor. The NPN transistor served as the industry workhouse for discrete logic. This one because of the camera. -
The Standard for Communication
The RS-232c standard for communication permitted computer and pericpheral devices to transmit information serially- that is one bit at a time. The RS-232c protocal spelled out a purpose for a serial plug's 25 comector pirs. This one because it transmit information. -
Hewlett- Packard the HP-35
Annouce the HP- 35 as a fast extremelly accurate electronic slide rule with a solid-state memory similar to that of a computer. The HP-35 distinguished itself from its broad variety of logarithmic and trigononmetric function, to store more intermediate solutions for data use and to accept and display entries in a form similar to standard scientific motation. This one because it is an early calculator. -
The Whole Earth Lectronic Link
The Whole Earth Lectronic Link (WELL) is found. Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant started an online Bullentim Board System (BBS) to build a virtual community of computer users at low cost. Journalist wer given free memberships in the early day leading to many articles about it and helping it grow to thousands of members around the world. I picked this one because I was in a hurry. -
The Iomega Zip Disk
The Iomega Zip Disk is released. The initial Zip system allowd 100 MB to be stored on a cartridge roughly the size of a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. Later versions increased the capacity of a single disk fromm 100 MB to 2 GB. This one because it hold things from your computer or something.
