Computer timeline

  • IBM was founded

    IBM was founded
    Charles Ranlett Flint founded The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company aka CTR which will become IBM. The first personal computer they've ever made was the IBM PC.
  • Eniac (the first computer) was introduced

    Eniac (the first computer) was introduced
    J. Presper Eckert introduced the world's first electronic computer. It was capable of being reprogrammed to solve "a large class of numerical problems."
  • Commodore founded

    Commodore founded
    Jack Tramiel founded Commodore.
  • PDP-1 was introduced

    PDP-1 was introduced
    Steve Russell introduced the first computer with a crt display. It also introduced the first video game on a minicomputer, Spacewar.
  • First text-2-speech synthesis.

    The first text-2-speech synthesis was developed and it sang "Daisy Bell" on a Intel 704. This event was referenced in 2001: A Space Odyssey when Hal 9000 sang Daisy Bell to Dave Bowman.
  • Altair 8800 (one of the first microcomputers) was available

    Altair 8800 (one of the first microcomputers) was available
    MITS released one of the first microcomputers. It uses the Intel 8080 central processing unit.
  • Microsoft founded

    Microsoft founded
    Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded Microsoft. 6 years later ms-dos releases.
  • Apple Founded

    Apple Founded
    Steve jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded Apple. The first publicly released computer. 8 years from that, they released the First Macintosh.
  • Osborne 1 (maybe one of the first laptops) was released

    Adam Osborne revealed the first laptop: The Osborne 1. It costed 1795 USD.
  • Macintosh Releases

    Macintosh Releases
    Steve jobs released the first mac. This was also the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral gui and mouse.
  • First Version of Windows was released

    First Version of Windows was released
    Bill Gate released the first Edition of Windows. Many manufacturers of MS-DOS computers such as Compaq, Zenith, and DEC promised support.
  • Windows skips 9 and moves to 10.

    Windows skips 9 and moves to 10.
  • Hololens releases

    Hololens releases
    Mike Ey announced the windows hololens
  • First VR Headset for Playstation released

  • Corning releases glass computers

    Corning predict in a few year we will have a day made of glass.