The development of the Computer Over Time

By bethclarebrough
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    The development of the Computer Over Time

  • HP 200A Audio Oscillator

    HP 200A Audio Oscillator

    Hewett-Packard created the first somewhat computer product. Called the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, it rapidly became a popular piece of test equipment for engineers.
  • The Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    The Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    This is considered to be the one of the first demonstration of remote access computing. It was a (somwhat) complex calculator.
  • Z3 computer

    Z3 computer

    The Z3 was an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse. The Z3 used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length.
  • ENIAC computer

    ENIAC computer

    The ENIAC computer is a flight simulator
  • Harvard Mark-1

    Harvard Mark-1

    The Mark-1 was used to produce mathematical tables but was soon superseded by stored program computers.
  • IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator

    IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator

    The SSEC produced the moon-position tables used for plotting the course of the 1969 Apollo flight to the moon.
  • EDSAC

    EDSAC

    EDSAC was the first practical stored-program computer.
  • ERA 1101

    ERA 1101

    The ERA 1101 was the first commercially produced computer.
  • UNIVAC I

    UNIVAC I

    The UNIVAC I was the first commercial computer to attract widespread public attention
  • MIT TX-0

    MIT TX-0

    The MIT TX-0 was the first general-purpose, programmable computer built with transistors.
  • The LINC

    The LINC

    The LINC (Laboratory Instrumentation Computer) offered the first real time laboratory data processing.
  • PDP-8

    PDP-8

    The PDP-8 was the first commercially successful minicomputer.
  • Apollo Guidance Computer

    Apollo Guidance Computer

    Astronauts communicated with the computer by punching two-digit codes in.
  • HP-35

    HP-35

    The HP-35 was the first scientific calculator.
  • TV Typewriter

    TV Typewriter

    The TV Typewriter was the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set
  • Xerox Alto

    Xerox Alto

    The Xerox Alto was the first work station with a built-in mouse for input.
  • Scelbi 8H

    Scelbi 8H

    The Scelbi 8H was the first commercially advertised U.S. computer based on a microprocessor, Intel´s 8008.
  • Commodore PET

    Commodore PET

    The Commodore PET was one of the first truly personal computers.
  • Apple II

    Apple II

    The Apple II had a printed circuit motherboard, switching power supply, keyboard, case assembly, manual, game paddles, A/C powercord, and cassette tape with the computer game "Breakout."
  • Atari 800

    Atari 800

    The Atari 800 was a home, micro computer.
  • Osborne I

    Osborne I

    The Osborne I was the first portable computer.
  • Apollo DN100

    Apollo DN100

    The Apollo DN100 was the first Apollo work station.
  • Apple Lisa

    Apple Lisa

    The first personal computer with a graphical user interface.
  • Apple Macintosh

    Apple Macintosh

    Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first succesful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface.