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It was called the ERA 1101, it was used for high speed computing. It used a magnetic drum to store 1 million bits of info.
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Huge computer used for a variety of different utilities. Used 5,200 vacuum tubes, weighed 20,000 pounds sold for a million dollars.
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First computer to use transistors.Used 92 transistors.
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Used for engineering calculations. One of the computers that had begun to be mass produced.
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At MIT the first experiments for a direct keyboard began. Before this information was put into computers through hole punched cards.
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First programmable computer made with transistors. Made games like a mouse going through a maze to find martinis and becoming drunk.
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Used to quickly calculate a missiles position in flight. The speed and durability of this led to increased research into better transistors.
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Could perform 3 million instructions per second. Fastest computer of the time.
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Developed for personal use. Cheaper use if you needed to process less information.
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Developed at XEROX the inventor moved away from corporate to develop it. Uses lasers to write on paper.
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Used a mouse as input. Came with apple paint so you could draw with the mouse. It costs $2,500
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Allowed pictures to be taken and shared wirelessly, after this the camera became an integral part of phones.
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Released as the first major electronic reader.
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Made by apple it has 400 pixels per inch. It is close to the resolution humans see. Now part of all apple products.
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Apple built a computer in the form of a watch. Showing just how great we have gotten at making computers smaller.
