The History of Computers By nicole_grundhoffer Jan 1, 1939 The Bombe Alan Turing invented the first working computer, known as The Bombe, to decipher Nazi Enigma codes. Jan 1, 1950 Computers were comercially produced IBM began to commercially produce computers in the 1950's. Jan 1, 1970 Xerox PARC developed the mouse, GUI, and Pull-down Menus Jan 1, 1978 Apple launches the general purpose computer Aug 1, 1981 IBM PC is released Jan 1, 1982 GRiD Compass Laptops were invented