jan 1, 1941 - Atanasoff and Berry
Description:
built a specialised computer in 1941 , the ABC at Iowa State which found solutions to systems of linear equations this was considered first fully electronic digital computing device, but was not programmable or fully functional. The ABC was visited, investigated, by Mauchly before the construction of the ENIAC. He sued Mauchly in a case which was decided in his favour in 1974!Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1941
Now
~ 84 years ago