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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
The Z1 was a mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1935 to 1936 and built by him from 1936 to 1938. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched tape. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer
ENIAC ( /ˈɛni.æk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was a Turing-complete digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer
The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States & able to pick presidential winners. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, -
International Business Machines: IBM 701 EDPM Computer
IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. -
John Backus & IBM FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
FORTRAN or formula translation was the first high level programming language (software) invented by John Backus for IBM in 1954, and released commercially in 1957. Fortran is still used today for programming scientific and mathematical applications. -
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric ERMA and MICR
The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. -
Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game
In 1962 Steve Russell and his friends at MIT created Spacewar on the DEC PDP-1, a game that is generally recognised as the first computer video game. This 2-player space dogfight was the influence for Nolan Bushnell’s Computer Space, the first mass-produced arcade video game, and the gameplay mechanics went on to influence classic games such as Asteroids and more recently Geometry Wars. Make no mistake, Spacewar was the daddy! -
ARPAnet
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet. -
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The Model 5100 is IBM's first microcomputer, i.e. not a mainframe, and is also considered the world's first portable computer. Although at 55-pounds, it might best be described as "self-contained" rather than "portable". -
Apple Lisa Computer
Officially, "Lisa" stood for "Local Integrated Software Architecture"
The Lisa is the first commercial computer with a GUI, or Graphical User Interface. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
The more affordable home computer with a GUI. Much cheaper than LISA. US$2495 VS $9,995 -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
