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Major Events and People in the History of Computers
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Back to: BASIC
BASIC is a programing language to help code computers. The Acronym stands for Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic instruction Code. -
The GUI is devoloped by Xerox
The Graphical User Interface is developed by Xerox just a few years before Apple released its first computer. The GUI was inteded for neat and organized file locating and storage. -
Altair 8800 Computer annouced
The Altair 8800 only had 256 bytes of memory and used switches on the front of the computer to enter data into the machine. -
Steve jobs & Steve Wozniak work on The Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were co partners in developing the Apple Personal Computer. -
Apple 1 is released by Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
Around the same time that the altair 8800 was released a young Steve Jobs who was working for Atari helped Steve Wozniak with his prototype for a computer and created the Apple 1 Computer. -
The Apple II is released for sale
The Apple II was the first truly personal computer, with its color monitor and sound system built into the computer. The System was sold with game paddles and 4 KB of Rom space. At this point apple sought to revolutionize computers and make them for an entertainment product rather than a business necessity. -
The Osbourne- The birth of a laptop
The Osbourne was the first in portable computers; The computer weiged 2 dozen pounds and only had a 5" screen. With 64 Kb of RAM, a word processing and a spreadsheet program pre-installed on the device the Osbourne became the computer for on the go business men. -
The New Web Browser: Mosaic
The web browser Mosaic was a big assesment when ever partered with a GUI because it allowed people to veiw multimedia on the web like never before internet traffic spiked up to 350%
