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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
<a href='http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm First freely programmable computer -
John Atanasoff & Clifford BerryABC Computer
Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. -
Howard Aiken & Grace HopperHarvard Mark I Computer
The Harvard Mark 1 computer. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. MauchlyENIAC 1 Computer
20,000 vacuum tubes later... -
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General ElectricERMA and MICR
The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. -
Douglas EngelbartComputer Mouse & Windows
Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. -
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The first consumer computers -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
