Tech. Hist. Project

By GA.HA

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  • German Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3

    German Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3

    The Z3 was the world first fully programmable computer a Turing-complete calculation machine
  • The US recives the UNIVAC

    The US recives the UNIVAC

    The UNIVAC was considered to be the first computer to be able to store memory and run programs
  • IBM introduces the 701 to the public

    IBM introduces the 701 to the public

    The 701 is IBM's first electric computer and first mass produced computer.
  • The TX-O demonstrated

    The TX-O demonstrated

    the first transistorized computer is demonstrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • The first integrated circuits begin being sold

    The first integrated circuits begin being sold

    sold for $120.00 and are chosen to be used on the Gemini spacecraft.
  • ASCII is develouped

    ASCII is develouped

    The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is developed to standardize data exchange among computers.
  • the first long distant dial-up connection

    the first long distant dial-up connection

    Lawrence G. Roberts with MIT performs the first long distant dial-up connection between a TX-2 computer n Massachusetts and a Q-32 in California.
  • UCLA is first internet node

    UCLA is first internet node

  • Intel releases its first product

    Intel releases its first product

  • the first network switch

    the first network switch

    and the first piece of network equipment is sent to UCLA.
  • First message on ARPANET sent

    First message on ARPANET sent

    A student attempts to send "LOGIN" but the system crashes after "LO"
  • INTEL introduces first microprocceser

    INTEL introduces first microprocceser

    Intel with the help of Ted Hoff introduces the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 on November 15, 1971.
  • Steve Wozniak designs the first Apple

    Steve Wozniak designs the first Apple

    the Apple I computer. later Wozniak and Steve Jobs co-found Apple Computers on April Fools day.
  • IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create DOS

    IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create DOS

    IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC, this operating system is called DOS
  • Tim Berners-Lee proposes Hypertext

    Tim Berners-Lee proposes Hypertext

    Hypertext is the start of the Internet as we know it today.

  • Y2K

    Computers continue to work and the world doesn't come to an end on January 1, 2000 as some feared might happen because of the year 2000 bug.