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The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) is completed
This was designed by scientist George Stibitz and it was one of the first remote accessing computers. It would send information to a computer in New York which would calculate the problem and then send it back to the CNC -
First Colossus operational at Bletchley Park
This machine was used to break the Lorenz ciphers used by the Nazis. This reduced the decryption time from weeks to hours. -
ERA 1101 introduced
The ERA 1101 was one of the first commercially produced computers. While also being the first commercially produced computer, it also was used to break Japanese codes. -
Ferranti Mark I sold
The Ferranti Mark 1 was the first commercially available general purpose computer on the market. Due to loss of funding it never sold well. -
IAS computer operational
This computer was built to both store data and instructions. Made for scientific calculations it worked on calculations for the US atomic weapons program. -
IBM ships its Model 701
The Model 701 also known as the Defense Calculator was used by research laboratories, aircraft companies, and the federal government. This was IBM's entry into the computer market. -
DEC PDP-1 introduced
The PDP-1 sparked hacker culture who came to make the first computer game "SpaceWar!". -
CDC 6600 supercomputer introduced
This super computer was capable of performing up to 3 million instructions per second. It was so meta that it had 10 mini computers inside the computer so that it could run faster. -
HP 2116A
This computer by HP was targets towards the everyday consumer and was designed to fit in the average household.
