1970s Computer Technology Creations

By Johnnguyn318

  • Floppy disk invented

    Floppy disk invented
    A team of IBM engineers lead by Alan Shugart created the first ever floppy disk. This allowed for data to be shared among other computers. Historical invention that has led to many other improvements to be made upon it.

  • First ever official video game

    First ever official video game
    Entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell and engineer Al Alcon created the first every successful video game with Atari. It was named Pong. This was the start of the evolution of the video games that we know and love.

  • Ethernet creation

    Ethernet creation
    Robert Metcalfe develops the first ever Ethernet. It would be used to connect multiple computers and other hardware to the internet. It’s still used to this day which shows the impact that this invention has on us.

  • First Ever Apple Computer Created

    First Ever Apple Computer Created
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the first ever Apple Computer. It was the first computer with a single-circuit board. Many of use Apple computer so it was very groundbreaking when they created the first one.

  • First computerized spreadsheet program

    First computerized spreadsheet program
    VisiCalc created the first ever computerized spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are very commonly used in the business world. Accountants and many other people in business use it to this day to keep analytic data.