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The First Computer
David Packard and Bill Hewlett discovered the first computers.
Walt Disney Pictures ordered eight of the 200B model to use as sound effects.
Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers.
David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, California garage. -
The Earlist Computer Made
Konrad Zuse (German) finishes the Z3 computer. This was one of the earliest computers made ( Z3) .
This is considered to be the first demonstration of remote access computing.
The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) is completed.
In 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator, designed by researcher George Stibitz. -
The ABC Bizs
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry were the first to make a computer bizs, it was easy as ABC.
John Mauchly had come to see the ABC shortly after it was completed.
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer is completed. Built at Iowa State College (now University), the Atanasoff-
Berry Computer (ABC) was designed and built by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry between 1939 and 1942. -
The Project Computer
During World War II, the U.S. Navy approached and the U.S.A Air Force would eventually support the project which would influence the design of the SAGE program.
George Stibitz recommended using a relay-based calculator for the project. The result was really good so, he invented a computer that he could do his other studies and projects.
The U.S. Army asked Bell Labs to design a machine to assist in testing its M-9 Gun Director.
