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David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in 1939. The first thing they ever built was a 200A Audio Oscillator. This device quickly became popular and was even used to generate sound effects in the 1940 movie "Fantasia".
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Grace Hopper invents the A-0 Compiler, which paves the way to the development of all programming languages.
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The Dataphone was the first commercial modem, designed specifically for converting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network
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ARPANET, military network and a precursor to the internet, was founded
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Optical fiber, which allows for information to be transmitted through light, is invented by Dr. Robert Maurer and Dr. Peter Schultz. And by Dr. Donald Keck, don't forget about him
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PONG WAS RELEASED! THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE DECRIPTION BECAUS IT'S SO AMAZING YOU DON'T NEED ONE!
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The Commodore's Amiga 1000 was released; it sold for approximately $1,395 and featured audio and video capabilities beyond those found in most other personal computers of its time.
