Significant computer inventions from the 1970s

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  • Pong is released

    Pong is released
    Nolah Bushnell hired Al Alcorn to design a car-driving game at first. The task was too advanced for Al, so he had him design a version of Ping Pong instead.

  • The Silver Arm

    The Silver Arm
    David Silver with MIT designs the Silver Arm, a small-parts assembly robot using delicate feedback touch and pressure sensors. At the time, it could grip a pen and lift it off the table.

  • Apple II

    Apple II
    Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Rod Holt release the Apple II. This was one of the world's first small and "portable" computers. At first they used cassette storage, later they added an external port for floppy discs.

  • C programming language is invented

    C programming language is invented
    Brian W. Kernighan and Ritchie published the C Programming Language book. Later in the mid-1980s, It was important to establish a standard for C.