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Konrad Zuse finishes his Z3 computer
An early computer that uses 2,300 relays performs floating point binary arithmetic and has a 22-bit length. Is later destroyed in a bombing raid in Berlin in 1943 but was rebuilt in 1960. -
direct keyboard input to computers
at MIT researchers begin experimenting with direct keyboard input to computers. -
1963
in the early 1960s bell labs is at the forefront of research into computer arts and graphics. -
IBM mass storage system
The IBM 3850 mass storage system is introduced. The largest storage system held 4,720 cartridges stored 26 gigabytes and was 20 ft long. -
The first Macintosh
the first Macintoshes are released and the commercial airs during the super bowl. -
The Acorn Archimedes are released
Acorn's ARM microprocessor is first used in the company's Archimedes computer system. As one of Britain's leading computer companies, they continued the Archimedes line. -
Computer defeats master chess player
David levy is the first chess master to be defeated by a computer. the program's deep thought defeats levy who had beaten all other counterparts since 1968. -
Jurassic park is released
Jurassic park becomes the highest-grossing film to date Based on the novel by Michael Crichton. -
3dfx begins selling voodoo graphics chips
The demand for high-quality video cards for personal computers grows throughout the 1990s as game companies create games with more complex audio and visual requirements. -
Apple air was released
Apple introduces their first ultra notebook- a light think laptop with a high capacity battery. The air incorporated many technologies that had been associated with the apple line of MacBooks.