Computer history

  • CNC

    Stibitz stunned the group by performing calculations remotely on the CNC (located in New York City) using a Teletype connected via special telephone lines.
  • ABC

    Atanasoff was declared the originator of several basic computer ideas,
  • Whirlwind

    Project director Jay Forrester described the computer as a "reliable operating system
  • IBM 650

    The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator established itself as the first mass-produced computer
  • LINC

    first real time laboratory data processing.
  • IBM System/360

    a family of six mutually compatible computers and 40 peripherals that could work together.
  • The TV Typewriter

    provided the first display
  • IBM PC

    igniting a fast growth of the personal computer market.
  • Macintosh

    the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface, with a single $1.5 million commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl