Computer History

By elisia06

  • Model K - George Stibitz

    Model K - George Stibitz
    A simple demonstration circuit which provided proof of concept for applying Boolean logic to the design of computers.

  • The HP 200A Audio Oscillator - D. Parkard and B. Hewlett

    The HP 200A Audio Oscillator - D. Parkard and B. Hewlett
    First founded their company in a California garage where they created the HP 200A Audio Oscillator. The Audio Oscillator was soon purchased by Walt Disney for testing recording equipment and speaker systems.

  • Z3 Computer - Konrad Zuse

    Z3 Computer - Konrad Zuse
    The Z3 was created for aerodynamic calculations and uses 2,300 relays and performs binary arithmetic.

  • The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) - George Stibitz

    The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) - George Stibitz
    Designed by George Stibitz, he completes this calculator and demonstrates to an American Mathematical Society conference.

  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) - John Vincent Atanasoff

    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) - John Vincent Atanasoff
    Received funds to build a full scale machine it was the center of a patent dispute to the invention of the computer. The ABC was discredited in 1942 as the concept of computers was declared un-patentable.