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Created by Konrad Zuse
It was the very first binary computer. Used to explore ground breaking technologies in history. I picked this because it is a very important mark in computer history. It is the very first freely programable computer -
Hewlett-Packard is Founded. David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, California garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. I picked this because it was a big break through. I thought it was interesting that he started in his garage and it bacame a big hit.
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Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.
The people who made a computer that was getting easier then before but still very complicated.I picked this because i really liked the name and i also thought that they were on to something by saying that making computers is not as easy as abc -
The computer, controlled by pre made paper tape, was able to carry out addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and reference to previous results. It was a huge break through by Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper. I picked this because it was very smart of them to put all those usful tools into one device.
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IBM had an 80 percent share of the computer market in 1961, the year in which it introduced the 1400 Series. The 1400 series was a good pick because it was a big usful item in the 60's and i thought that it deserved to be in my timeline.
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In 1964, the first prototype computer mouse was made. Made by Douglas Engelbart It changed the way people looked at computers. I picked this because computer mouse's are a very big thing. You could not get around your computer if you did not have a mouse.
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The floppy disk was invented. It was called the memory disk then and not is the floppy disk, computer data was written to and read from the disk's surface. I picked this because floppy disks are very usful items that are used a lot in the computer industry
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WordStar was the first commercially successful word processing System program made for microcomputers. I picked this because word processer's are very big and usful things.
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Microsoft released a new product and started a friendly competition with apple. I picked this because i know about the little war between microsoft and apple and i thought it would be a very interesting thing to go in the timeline.
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The Iomega Zip Disk is released. The initial Zip system allowed 100MB to be stored on a cartridge roughly the size of a 3 inch floppy disk.
