IDT

By KodaKai

  • Invention of First Programmable Computer

    The Z1 was created by Konrad Zuse, and is considered the first electrical binary programmable computer.

  • Invention of First Digital Computer

    Vincent Atanasoff and Cliff Berry developed the first digital computer called the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer)

  • Invention of First Functioning Digital Computer

    Although the ABC was invented first, many consider J. Presper Eckert and John Mauckly's ENIAC the first digital computer, as the ABC was never fully functional.

  • Invention of First Computer with Stored Programs

    The first stored program electronic computer was the EDSAC, and it also ran the first graphical computer game.

  • Founding of First Computer Company

    The first computer company was the Electronic Controls Company. founded by the creators of the ENIAC computer. It was later renamed to the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and released mainframe computers under the name UNIVAC.

  • Invention of First IBM Compatible Computer

    IBM publicly introduced the 701, the first mass-produced computer, as well as the company's first electrical computer. They later introduced their first PC (personal computer) called the IBM PC in 1981, which had an 8088 processor and 16 KB of memory, and used MS-DOS.

  • Invention of First Computer with RAM

    MIT created the first digital computer with magnetic core RAM and real-time graphics, called the Whirlwind

  • Invention of First Transistor Computer

    The TX-O was also developed by MIT, and was considered the first transistorized computer.

  • Invention of First Minicomputer

    The first minicomputer was released under the name PDP-1 by the Digital Equipment Corporation.

  • Invention of First Workstation

    The Xerox Alto included a fully functional computer, display, and mouse, as well as utilizing windows, menus, and icons.

  • Invention of First Personal Computer

    Ed Roberts coined the term "personal computer" when he unveiled the Altair 8800, although the first PC is considered the Kenback-1, released in 1971.

  • Invention of First Laptop (portable computer)

    The IBM 5100 weighed 55 pounds and had a 5 in. display, a tape drive, 1.9MHz PALM processor, and 64KB of RAM. However, the first "truly" portable laptop is considered the Osborne I, developed by Adam Osborne and released in 1981, weighing 24 pounds, and containing two 5.25 in. floppy drives, 64KB of memory, a 5 in. display, and a modem.

  • Invention of First Apple Computer

    Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I, released in 1976.

  • Invention of First PC Clone

    The Compaq Portable was released by Compaq in 1983, and was fully compatible with IBM computers and their software.

  • Invention of First Multimedia Computer

    RadioShack is one of the first companies to release a computer based on the MPC Standard, releasing both the M2500 XL/2 and the M4020 SX.