How Computers Changed Overtime

By Djd2
  • 1939- Hewlett-Packard is Founded

    1939- Hewlett-Packard is Founded
    David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Garage in California. Hewlett Packard soon made HP 200A Audio Oscillator. Disney made a movie with that new type of equipment "Fantasia" That would change movies. That HP 200A Audio Oscillator will change the computer industry forever. Making it one of the first computers Type devices that would shape the industry of computers then and today.
  • 1944- Harvard Mark-1 is completed, Colossus is operational at Bletchley Park.

    1944- Harvard Mark-1 is completed, Colossus is operational at Bletchley Park.
    Harvard Mark-1 is completed. Conceived by Harvard professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM. The machine was roughly around 50 feet long In the picture that is used is The Mark-1 in use. The first Colossus is operational at Bletchley Park. Designed by British engineer Tommy Flowers. Colossus was designed to take down the nazis ciphers. The machine’s existence was not made public until the 1970s. This machine made ciphers more easier to take down.
  • 1954- The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator

    1954- The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator
    The first magnetic drum calculator was invented and sold Around 450 was sold each year. The IBM Was spinning at 12,500 Rdm. Made faster material to be stored. Lasted until 1962. The IDM was the worlds first massed produced computer.
  • 1963- American Standard Code for Information Interchange

    1963- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
    ASCII consists of 128 unique strings of ones and zeros. Each is known for a certain number of anything. All that way A to Z.
  • 1972- Pong was released, Hp-35 was released, SugarPaint was competed

    1972- Pong was released,  Hp-35 was released, SugarPaint was competed
    Ralph Baer designed and released pong a game for his Odyssey Console. Hp-35 is an extremely accurate, calculator. They will accept and display entries in a form similar uses to standard scientific notation. SugarPaint is the first digital drawing systems that use buffering.
  • 1985- Modern Internet was formed, Amiga 1000 was released and sold, c++ was released

    1985- Modern Internet was formed, Amiga 1000 was released and sold, c++ was released
    The modern Internet gained support when the National Science foundation formed the NSFNET. National Science Foundation Network. Amiga 1000 was sold for 1,200 dollars without the monitor. The picture below is an Amiga 1000 with a monitor The national coding. C++ was made in 1985 and released.
  • 1993- Mosaic web browser is released and Doom is released

    1993- Mosaic web browser is released and Doom is released
    The first commercial world wide browser is released and designed by Eric Bina and Marc Andreessen at the University of Illinois’s National Center for super computer applications. In 1993 "Doom" was released getting popular on many levels. Platform and other levels. Before losing popularity to games like Counter Strike, and the halo series. Doom was one of the first to be able to be customize the levels in the game.