History of Computing

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Updated: 2 Nov 2018

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Lyle Moriarty

I like your timelines Janna! Look up "Simula" and "Simula67" An OOP language developed by Kirsten Nygaard and Ole Johan Dahl in Norway. This is the genesis of the Object Oriented paradigm. Best Wishes.

23 Nov 2018

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ByJanna Hawkins

3 Oct 2018

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Transistor Difference Engine Built Z2 Built (Zuse. Relays)Z3 (Zuse, relays, vacuum tube)ABC (vacuum tube)Heath-Robinson Computer (RELAY)Colossus Harvard Mark 1 (RELAY)HP Step Reckoner Difference Engine "Mathematical Analysis of Logic"census tabulator Triode Vacuum Flask IBM "Model K" relay adder Bomba Z1 (RELAY)MODEM Modems for computers Modems commercialized Intel 74181 ALU Chip IBM 608 Manchester Mark 1 CRT Complex Number Calculator (RELAY)Model 2 Relay Interpolator IBM switches to electronics MADDIDA ENIAC (relay, vacuum)BOMBE (relay, vacuum)AN/FSQ-7 SAGE EDSAC Manchester Baby/ SSEM (electronic)BINAC UNIVAC Whirlwind Mark 1 Ferranti IAS A-0 IBM 360 Vacuum tube Relay Telegraph Telephone COBOL PL-1 LISP SABRE IBM 704 APT APT II IBM 7090 ALGOL 58 ALGOL 60 APL APL interpreters TX-2 CTSS Sketchpad LPG-30 BASIC DTSS MAC Project MULTICS GE-645 LINC GE-235 GE-BASIC PDP-1 PDP-5 PEP-8 PDP-8/I PDP-8/L IBM Model 1130 IBM 1620 HP Model 2116 Instrument Controller HP 9100A Desktop Calculator Nova Mouse NLS Logo FORTH UNIX ARPANET Packet switching Space Wars Odyssey 100 ECHO-IV INTEL IBM 1401 IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer TX-0 ARC??????Merlin Chess Chess Integrated Circuit RAMAC IBM 1311/1316 Magnetic drum secondary storage memory Paper card secondary storage Magnetic Core Memory Acoustic Delay Line Concept EDVAC Vacuum tube memory Capacitor Memory Intel 8086 Microprocessor QDOS MS-DOS CP/M-86 Concurrent CP/M-86 Concurrent DOS DR-DOS XENIX IBM PC PC-DOS OS/2 SOS ProDOS/ProDOS 8 ProDOS 16 Apple IIGS GS/OS UCSD p-System Mach NeXTSTEP NeXT VisiOn Lisa Macintosh NewWave GEOS Microsoft Windows X Window System SBASIC True BASIC Turbo C C C++Logo Modula-2 Intel 8080 Microprocessor Oberon Turbo Pascal PL/I compiler WordPerfect Microsoft Word Apple Writer II Word Juggler Volkswriter Bank Street Writer pfs:Write LOTUS 1-2-3 Intel 8088 Microprocessor Oracle SQL pfs:File dBASE AppleWorks Apple IIe 3-Plus-1 Commodore PLUS/4 Intel 1101 Intel 1103 intel 4004 CPU Signetics 2650 Microprocessor Intel 8008 Microprocessor Micral Scelbi-8H Mark 8 Motorola MC6800 Microprocessor Zilog Z-80 Microprocessor Intel 8085 Microprocessor Motorola MC6801 Microprocessor MC6809 Microprocessor Texas Instruments TMS1000 Microprocessor TMS9000 Microprocessor MOS 6502 Microprocessor Apple II Atari 400 Atari 800 AMD HP-85 Mostek National Semiconductor Corporation Pace Microprocessor 1802 Microprocessor PPS-4 Microprocessor Datapoint 2200 Terminal PDP-8/E PDP-11 System 3/Model 6 BASIC NRI 832 Kenbak -1 HAL-4096 HP 9830A HP 3000 System One PDP-8/A Alto Altair 8800 Altair 680 Altair BASIC Microsoft LSI-11 IBM 5100 IBM 5110 System 340 KIM-1 SwTPC 6800 IMSAI 8080 Alto II PET 2001 TRS-80 Model 1 TRS-80 Interpreter TRS-80 Model II H8 H11 Health/Zenith-89 TI-99/4 Noval 760 HP 9831A Digital Computer System North Star Advantage Northstar Horizon-1 VDP-80 Apple Planar process IC MOS SGT Fairchild 3708 RCA 501 Nonvolatile memory Intel 4001 Intel 4003 Shift Register Chip Intel 4002 Intel 1201 Microprocessor D200 Central Air Data Computer MP-944 AL1 Microprocessor TMZ-1795 Microprocessor Apple 1 CP/M Microsoft COBOL, and ASSEMBLER IBM 701 Floppy drive Flash memory Magnetic tape IBM 702 IBM Model 726 Data Subsystems Hard Disk Manchester TC TRADIC IBM 1301 Thin-film memory NCR CRAM IBM 7030 "Stretch"TTL ROM IBM 1130 Cream Soda Computer UNISERVO Apple II Disk Drive Apple II Plus Microsoft 6502 BASIC Commodore PET Applesoft BASIC FAT PL/M CP/M CP/M 2.0 BASIC v 6 BASIC v 7 ANSI Standard for BASIC Microsoft FORTRAN-80 Smalltalk Bravo Gypsy SP-1 "The Electric Pencil"Word-Star Apple Writer VisiCalc WHATSIT?Intel 80286 Microprocessor IBM PC AT Intel 80286DX Microprocessor Intel 80386DX Microprocessor Compaq Deskpro Intel 80386SX Microprocessor Intel 80486DX Microprocessor Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor Intel 82786 Graphics Coprocessor MC 680010 Microprocessor MC68020 Microprocessor MC68030 Microprocessor MC 88000 Microprocessor MC68040 National Semiconductor 16032 Western Digital Center 65802/65816 Z-280 Microprocessor ROMP RISC Multiprocessor RISC-1Microprocessor R2000 RISC Microprocessor SPARC RISC Microprocessor TMS320 DSP IBM 5100 IBM 5120 IBM PC-DOS New event IBM 9000 IBM PC/XT GWBASIC IBM PC Junior IBM PC/XT 370 IBM Portable PC IBM PC AT PC-DOS 3.0 XENIX 286 OS IBM PC RT AIX OS Commodore 64 Short Order Code Sort-Merge Generator Eckert-Mauchly Corp?????Remington-Rand????Sperry-Rand????IBM PC RT IBM 5140 PC Convertible IBM PC/XT Model 286 IBM PS/2 Series OS/2 Open Software Foundation PC-Network Apple FORTRAN Apple III Apple IIe Macintosh Word Apple III Plus Macintosh Office AppleLink HyperCard HyperTalk TRS-80 Model III TRS-80 CoCo Tandy 1000 Osborne 1 Osborne Executive Kaypro II Compaq SystemPro Compaq Deskpro 286 NeXT NeXT Acer BBC Models A and B VAX Rainbow 100 Dell Equity Gateway Bubble memory?????Compass I HP-85 HP-150 PC-100 UltraLite Packard Bell Silicon Graphics IRIS 1400 Sun Microsystems SPARCstation I Solaris????Toshiba T3100 1MB DRAM Microsoft Licensees UNIX MSX NT Windows 2.1 EMS Hungarian notation Mulitplan Excel for Macintosh Excel for Windows Excel for OS/2 Works for Macintosh Works for PC Palm Pilot Indigo O2 ProLinea ProSignia Message Pad Power Macintosh PowerBook 500 iMac iBook RISC System/6000 PS/1 PS/2 TrackPoint ThinkPad Ambra /ValuePoint Am386 Microprocessor K5 microprocessor UltraSPARC Microprocessor SuperSPARC MIcroprocessor Alpha 21064 Microprocessor R8000 Microprocessor MC68060 microprocessor PowerPC 603 PowerPC 604 PowerPC 620 PowerPC 601 MPC601 Microprocessor 80386SL Microprocessor Overdrive Processors Pentium microprocessor 80486DX4 Microprocessor Pentium Pro microprocessor Pentium II microprocessor Celeron Microprocessor Pentium II Xeon Pentium III Yahoo!Java Netscape Mosaic Linux System 7 OS OS 8 OS 9 Encarta Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Windows Internet Explorer Window 3.0 Windows NT Windows 95 Windows 98 Semiconductor memory starts to replace magnetic tape Fujitsu 64 K DRAM Verbatim Model 3340 Disk Storage Unit SA-900 Floppy disk Hard disk drive reduced to 8"Hard disk drive reduced to 5.25"Disk drive reduced to 3.5"Disk drive reduced to 2.5"ST-560 Bernoulli Drive ZIp drive Optical Drive Model 33 Teletype Sound Blaster Card Z-80 Softcard

Periods

WWI PC: Apple Ascends, IBM Drives Down Prices Time Sharing Vacuum Tubes in Computers Relays in Computers Transistorized Microprocessors!Office Friendly Software Microsoft focuses on languages Microsoft focuses on OS and GUI Programmers have more easy access to computers; develop structured programming Object Oriented Programming in response to complexity Needs of the internet and cross compliation arise

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COBOL "short-range" committee source materials

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Fortan Fortran II FLOW-MATIC/B-0 Aimaco????Comtran?????RCA 501 Assembler????Report Generator????APG-1????MATH-MATIC?????

Publications

Events

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC "The Mathematical Theory of Communication"A Programming Language Time sharing in large, fast computers People's Computer Center Dynabook "Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System"Digital Computer Newsletter IBM Technical Newsletter Journal Communications of the ACM Research and Engineering (The Magazine of Datamation)A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks Cramming More Components Onto Integrated Circuits "Altair 8800-The Most Powerful Minicomputer Project Ever Presented-Can Be Built for under $400"

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Moore School Lectures ACM Memex Augmented Research Center ACS Data Processing Management Association SHARE GUIDE IFIP Homebrew Computer Club

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