Transcript Computer_History_Timeline_Updated File

History of Computers
1939
 Hewlett-Packard:
 Their first product was the HP 200A Audio
Oscillator. Disney ordered 8 to use as sound effects
generators for the 1940 movie “Fantasia.”
http://www.thocp.net/companies/hewlett_packard/hp_company.htm
1944
 The first Colossus is operational at Bletchley Park.
 Colossus was designed to break ciphers used by the
Nazis during WWII.
 Colossus reduced the time to break Lorenz messages
from weeks to hours.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Colossus.jpg
1946
 ENIAC
 1000 times the speed of its contemporaries.
 5000 operations per second
 Input/output: cards, lights, switches,
 1000 square feet
http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/eckertmauchly/ENIAC_Image_2.jpg
1947
 Williams tube - first practical RAM
 Cathode-ray tube to paint dots and dashes of
phosphorescent electrical charge on the screen,
representing binary ones and zeros.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Williams-tube.jpg
1952
 Election night. CBS News borrowed a UNIVAC to
make a scientific prediction of the outcome of the
race for the presidency.
 Its sharp divergence from public opinion made
newscasters question the validity of the computer´s
forecast, so they postponed announcing UNIVAC´s
prediction until very late.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/UNIVAC_1_demo.jpg
1956
 MIT researchers built the TX-0, the first general-
purpose, programmable computer built with
transistors.
 It hosted some early imaginative tests of
programming and a maze in which mouse found
martinis and became increasingly inebriated.
http://museum.mit.edu/150/23
1957
 Sperry Rand formed Control Data Corp., which soon
released its model 1604 computer.
 A new language, FORTRAN (short for FORmula
TRANslator), enabled a computer to perform a
repetitive task from a single set of instructions.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/graphics/cdc03b.jpg
1960
 The precursor to the minicomputer, DEC´s PDP-1
sold for $120,000.
 Its large scope intrigued early hackers at MIT, who
wrote the first computerized video game, SpaceWar!
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/pdp1.jpg
http://bnbgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/spacewar2.jpg
1971
 RCA began designing and selling its own computers
in the early 1950s, competing with IBM and several
other companies.
 RCA made their machines IBM-compatible, but
ultimately even this strategy proved unsuccessful.
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1971-RCA_Spectra_large.jpg
1966
 Pong is released.
 Pong would revolutionize the arcade industry and
launch the modern video game era.
http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimages/2009/68869-pong.gif
1976
 Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I
 With specifications in hand and an order for 100
machines at $500 each from the Byte Shop, he and
Steve Jobs got their start in business.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01894/apple1_1894335c.jpg
1977
 In the first month after its release, Tandy Radio
Shack´s first desktop computer — the TRS-80 — sold
10,000 units, well more than the company´s
projected sales of 3,000 units for one year. Priced at
$599.95
( in today it will be
equivalent to $2325)
http://classic-computers.org.nz/collection/trs-80-mod1.jpg
1980
 Seagate Technology created the first hard disk drive
for microcomputers, the ST506. The disk held 5
megabytes of data, five times as much as a standard
floppy disk, and fit in the space of a floppy disk drive.
http://www.visionnet.nl/joomla/images/stories/history/hdd/st-506%20extern.jpg
1981
 IBM 5150 PC Type Personal computer
 IBM BASIC / PC-DOS 1.0
 CPU 4.77 MHz
 Memory 16 kB
http://www.rtd-net.de/ibm-5150.gif
1983
 Apple Lisa computer
 Released in June 1983
 Priced $9,995 usd
http://oldcomputers.net/lisa.html
1985
17
 Nintendo Entertainment System
 8-Bit Video Game ‘Console’
 Dedicated computer system to
play video games released to the public.
 Connects directly
to your television set.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NES-Console-Set.png
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1991
 Apple power book 100 specs
 20 MB hard drive
 Released october 21, 1991
 One of the first of its kind
http://nimmabengaluru.nbtvlive.com/photos/index.php?photo_gallery_id=1385&&photo_name=In%20Picture
s%20History%20of%20the%20Macbook-Gadgets--English
1992
 The first smartphone
IBM Simon
 Sold in 1994 at $899
 It combined the features of a
mobile phone, a pager, a PDA,
and a fax machine.
 No physical buttons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon
1994
 The Iomega Zip Disk is released.
 The initial Zip system allowed 100MB to be stored on
a cartridge roughly the size of a 3 ½ inch floppy disk.
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1994_Zip1033.jpg
1994
 Sony’s PlayStation was first introduced to the Japan
market in 1994. It is the fifth generation game
console and was the first video game console to ship
100 million units after 9 years and 6 months of its
initial launch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_consoles
1996
22
 Audio Highway Listen Up
 First Portable Media Player (Mp3 Player) ever made
 Only 25 units ever made
 Was the first to allow uploading
an audio file from a PC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ListenUp_player.jpg
1997
23
 The iMac
 First computer to remove
the floppy drive disk system
 Runs the OSX based system
 First Computer to have been
designed with aesthetics first
and internal components
second.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMac_Bondi_Blue.jpg
2003
24
 Blackberry Smartphone Line
 First business orientated
computers you could fit
in your pocket and use as
a phone as well.
 Big QWERTY keyboard
to type text messages
faster than using a
numeric keypad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BB-8703e.jpg
2007
25
 Apple iPhone
 First Computer Device that
lets you use a multi-touch
screen.
 Gesture based control over
the device allows freedom to
utilise it with no buttons.
 Allows more than a library of
information inside your
pocket.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_iPhone_docked.jpg
2010
 iPad
 Released in April 2010
 First of its kind
 Similar to iPhone but bigger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1stGen-iPad-HomeScreen.jpg