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2º GENERATION OF COMPUTERS
We can watch a video that explaining the 2º generation of computers
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Microprogramming
Maurice Wilkes invents microgragamming, which greatly simplifies the development of the CPU.
And now you are going to see a document of the microprogramming
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/MicroprogrammingABriefHistoryOf.pdf -
The mainframe
IBM launched the IBM 1620 mainframe based on transistors, originally with only a perforated paper tape, but was soon upgraded to punch cards. It proved to be a popular scientific computer and used a magnetic core memory of more than 60,000 decimal digits
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The first computer game
The first computer game, called Spacewar, is developed
And now we going to see a link about spacewar and a explination
https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/4/3949524/the-story-of-the-worlds-first-digital-video-game -
The PDP-1
DEC launched the PDP-1, its first machine oriented to use by technical personnel in laboratories and for research.
And now we can going to a link in which explain what is PDP-1
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The first family of computers
IBM announced the 360 series, which was the first family of computers that could run the same software in different combinations of speed, capacity and price.
