History of Computers

Z1 Computer

Nov 10, 1936

First freely programmable computer. (About.com)

History of Computers

Period: Nov 10, 1939 to Nov 10, 1985

ENIAC

Nov 10, 1946

Speed was improved by 1000 times compared to the other computers. (Computer History Museum)

First Commercially Produced Computer

Nov 10, 1950

These were used by the U.S. Navy. These computers held 1 million bits on its magnetic drum, the earliest magnetic storage devices. (About.com)

First Intergrated Circuit

Nov 10, 1958

Hundreds of radar stations were linked together in the United States and Canada. This created a huge communication network.(Computer History Museum

COBOL

Nov 10, 1960

Common Business Oriented Language. Designed for buisness use only. (Computer History Museum)

Components

Nov 10, 1971

90,000 operations per second were now being performed in four-bit chunks, using 2250 transistors. (Computer History Museum)

Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

Nov 10, 1975

The first consumer computers. (About.com)

Apple 1

Apr 1, 1976

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked together to create Apple 1, the first official Apple Computer. The company launched in 1976. (Wikipedia)

Introducing Windows 1.0

Nov 10, 1983

Windows was announced in 1983. Paul Allen and Bill Gates are co-founders of Microsoft. (Windows.microsft.com)

Microsoft vs Apple

Nov 10, 1985

The friendly battle between the companies begin. (Wikipedia.com)