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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
first freely programmable computer -
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC -
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
The Harvard Mark 1 computer. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
20,000 vacuum tubes later... -
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers -
Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. -
International Business Machines
IBM enters into 'The History of Computers' -
John Backus & IBM
The first successful high level programming language. -
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks -
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
Otherwise known as 'The Chip' -
Steve Russell & MIT
The first computer game invented. -
Douglas Engelbart
Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. -
ARPAnet
The original Internet. -
Intel 1103 Computer Memory
The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. -
Alan Shugart &IBM
Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility -
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
The first microprocessor. -
Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
Networking -
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The first consumer computers. -
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
More first consumer computers -
Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. -
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
Word Processors. -
IBM
From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution -
microsoft
From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century -
Apple Lisa Computer
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface -
Apple Macintosh Computer
The more affordable home computer with a GUI -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
