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Computer History of the 1970s

By xfruiz

  • 1971 Floppy Disk - Noble & Shugart

    1971 Floppy Disk - Noble & Shugart
    Although only found as the save icon on many applications today, the floppy disk was the main source of external memory for the better part of three decades. Today USB drives and huge memory storage devices have taken their place.

  • 1972 HP-35 Handheld Scientific Calculator - Hewlett-Packard

    1972 HP-35 Handheld Scientific Calculator - Hewlett-Packard
    Although not the first handheld calculator, it was the first one with advanced capabilities like using logarithmic, trigonometric, and exponential functions. These kinds of calculators are found in classrooms all over the world.

  • 1972 Pong - Atari

    1972 Pong - Atari
    A digital version of tennis, this game paved the way for the multi-billion dollar video game industry of today.

  • 1973 Ethernet - Bob Metcalfe

    1973 Ethernet - Bob Metcalfe
    A wire system used to transmit data, it has only improved over the years. Today they are used extensively in desktop computers, routers, and modems.

  • 1978 C - Kernighan & Ritchie

    1978 C - Kernighan & Ritchie
    The C programming language is the most widely used programming language in the world today, or at least it provides the framework on which other languages are built.