Computer History

  • HP 200A Audio

    HP 200A Audio
    Test equipment for engineers
  • Complex Number Calculator

    Complex Number Calculator
    Helped calculate hard equations in maths
  • Bombe

    Bombe
    The bombe was an electromechanical device used by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during World War II
  • The Colossus

    The Colossus
    The Colossus computers were used by British code breakers during World War II to help work out hidden messages
  • MIT Whirlwind

    MIT Whirlwind
    Whirlwind not only was the first digital computer able to operate in real-time, but also was the first digital computer at MIT.
  • MIT TX0

    MIT TX0
    MIT researchers built the TX-0, the first general-purpose, programmable computer built with transistors
  • DEC PDP-1

    DEC PDP-1
    engineer Ben Gurley designed a high-speed, solid state, considered the first commercial, interactive computer.
  • Stanford Arm

    Stanford Arm
    Victor Scheinman´s Stanford Arm made a breakthrough as the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled robot arm
  • TV Typewriter

    TV Typewriter
    The TV Typewriter, designed by Don Lancaster, provided the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set
  • VAX 11/780

    VAX 11/780
    featured the ability to address up to 4.3 gigabytes of virtual memory, providing hundreds of times the capacity of most minicomputers.
  • Early Publicity still for the Commodore 64

    Early Publicity still for the Commodore 64
    Commodore introduces the Commodore 64. The C64, as it was better known, sold for $595, came with 64KB of RAM and featured impressive graphics