Events
The first computer with RAM
MIT introduces the Whirlwind machine
March 8, 1955 , a revolutionary
computer that was the first digital
computer with magnetic core
RAM and real-time graphics.The first stored program computer
The early British computer known
as the EDSAC is considered to be
the first stored program electronic
computer. The computer performed
its first calculation on May 6, 1949
and was the computer that ran the
first graphical computer game.The first minicomputer
In 1960 Digital Equipment
Corporation released its
first of many PDP computers
the PDP-1The first personal computer
In 1975 Ed Roberts coined the
term personal computer when
he introduced the Altair 8800.
Although the first personal
computer is considered to be
the Kenback-1, which was first
introduced for $750 in 1971.The first workstation
Although never sold the
first workstation is considered
to be the Xerox Alto,
introduced in 1974. The
computer was revolutionary
for its time and included
a fully functional computer,
display, and mouse .The first PC clone
The first PC clone was
developed by Compaq ,
the "Compaq Portable"
was release in March 1983
and was 100% compatible
with IBM computers and
software that ran on IBM
computers.The first Apple computer
Steve Wozniak designed the
first Apple known as the
Apple I computer in 1976 .The first computer company
The first computer company
was the Electronic Controls Company
and was founded in 1949 by
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly,
the same individuals who helped
create the ENIAC computer.The first multimedia computer
In 1992 Tandy Radio Shack becomes
one of the first companies to release
a computer based on the MPC
standard with its introduction of
the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX
computers.Periods
First programmable computer:
The Z1 originally created
by Germany's Konrad Zuse
in his parents living room in
1936 to 1938 is considered
to be the first electrical binary
programmable computer.The first digital computer
Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer,
the ABC started being developed by
Professor John Vincent Atanasoff
and graduate student Cliff Berry
in 1937 and continued to be
developed until 1942 at the
Iowa State College
(now Iowa State University).The first digital computer
The ENIAC was invented
by J. Presper Eckert and
John Mauchly at the University
of Pennsylvania and began
construction in 1943 and
was not completed until 1946.
Although the Judge ruled that
the ABC computer was the
first digital computer many
still consider the ENIAC to be
the first digital computer.The first laptop or portable computer
The IBM 5100 is the first portable computer, which was released on
September 1975.
The first truly portable computer or laptop
is considered to be the Osborne I, which
was released on April 1981.The first PC (IBM compatible) computer
On April 7, 1953 IBM publicly introduced the 701 , its first electric computer and first
mass produced computer. Later IBM introduced its first personal computer
called the "IBM PC" in 1981.
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