Computer History Timeline By pattat Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Dec 31, 1958 Jack Kilby invents the integrated circuit Period: Jan 1, 1964 to Dec 31, 1964 BASIC programming language Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 Arpanet created Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 1975 Atair 8800 Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 1975 Microsoft founded Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1976 Apple 1 created Period: Jan 1, 1978 to Dec 31, 1978 Visicalc spreadsheet program Period: Jan 1, 1979 to Dec 31, 1979 WordStar wordprocessor Period: Jan 1, 1982 to Dec 31, 1982 there are about 200 computers on the internet Period: Jan 1, 1984 to Dec 31, 1984 Macintosh introduced May 9, 1987 Patrick Tatro born Period: Jan 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1993 Mosaic introduced Period: Jan 1, 1994 to Dec 31, 1994 there are about 3,000,000 computers on the internet Period: Jan 1, 1998 to Dec 31, 1998 there are about 36,000,000 computers on the internet