History of Computers

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  • HP is founded

    HP is founded

    David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard(HP). Their first project was the HP 200a Audio Ocillator.
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    History of Computers

  • The Z3 Computer is created

    The Z3 Computer is created

    German Engineer Konrad Zuse completes the Z3 Computer and the Z3 used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length.

  • The Harvard Mk.1 is completed

    Conceived by Harvard professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark-1 was a room-sized, relay-based calculator.
  • ENIAC is revealed to the public

    ENIAC is revealed to the public

    The ENIAC was designed and built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. It was supposed to surpass its contemporaries by 1,000.

  • Engineering Research Associates of Minneapolis builds the ERA 1101

    This computer was one of the first commercial computer, it held memory drums of about 1 million bites of data on the drum. This magnetic memory drum was one of the first of magnetic storage devices.

  • FORTRAN is created

    "FORTRAN" or FORMula TRANslator made repetitive tasks from a single set of instructions by using loops. Its first commercial format ran at Westinghouse and produced a missing comma diagonstic.

  • ARPA creates the ARPANET

    LinkARPA creates ARPANET, the first glimpse of the internet. It didnt exactly connect with everyone around the world but in a local area you were able to share documents and information in a local area.

  • Online Transaction was made possible by IBM

    IBM's SABRE system made it possible for a large number of vomputers to be connected to each other by using telephone lines, delivering data less than three seconds

  • The First Email is sent

    Ray Tomilson of "BOLT" sent the first email when really he was supposed to be working on another project at the time. He is also known for using the "@" key for emails and websites
  • Atari launchs its Video Computer System(VCS)

    Atari launchs its Video Computer System(VCS)

    Atari releses the Atari 2600. It sold over nearly twenty million units throughout the 80's and became one of the most popular entertainent system using computer like hardware that plays games on the television.
  • Apple creates MACINTOSH

    Apple creates MACINTOSH

    Macintosh the first mouse driven computer became very successful with a graphic interface. Taking some features from Motorala's Lisa they improved upon it and made it cheaper starting at $2,500.
  • The critically acclamed Videogame "Doom" is released for computer

    The critically acclamed Videogame "Doom" is released for computer

    The very popular 1st person shooter "Doom" was released for computer. The game made 3D virtual reality possible and made a mark in Video Games aswell, inspired by this feat games like Halo and Counterstrike takes the same the same formula making virtual reality and 3D to the next level.

  • Y2K was feared to occur

    The Millenimums biggest flop known as Y2K was said that at the year 2000 computers and everything we had accomplished would fail and end an a meltdown.

  • Windows XP is stable, usable, and fast

    Microsoft unveils the prized WIndows XP. Making the OS stylish, clean, fast, and usable. It is one of Microsoft's greatest OS even to this day some people decided to stick with XP for its simplicity and effiecincy

  • Windows 8 makes an apperance

    Windows releases a identical looing operating system Windows 8. Windows 8 takes Windows 7 UI by changing the style of the icons on the Desktop and adding a second HUB exvlusive to 8 maiking it more user friendly by pressing the Windows key or icon on the bottom left