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The Difference Engine
This was a massive calculating machine that was the size of the room. This machine can compute the table of numeral. -
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Mini Disc
The Mini disk to store mainly audio data. -
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
This was a machine that could solve 29 simultaneous equations with 29 unknowns. -
Colossus
The Colossus was built to help code breaking efficient for the British codebreakers. -
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)
This was made with the goal to replace "computers", meaning the women who were employed for calculating the firing tables for the army's artillery guns. -
The Harvard Mark I
This was the first programmable digital computer made in the U.S. It was made of switches, relays, rotating shafts etc... -
ILLIAC II
The ILLIAC II was a revolutionary super-computer built by the University of illinois that became operational in 1962. -
reel-to-reel tape drive
The reel- to - reel tape drive is a system for storing digital information on a magnetic tape using digital recording. -
Busicom desk calculator
The Busicom desk calculator is a device that can solve and print out the answers to a math problem. -
The Altair 8800
The Altair 8800 is known to be the first personal computer that is easily affordable and obtainable. -
The Apple I
This is a personal computer that was built by Steve.W -
Hollerith Desk
This was a card reader that senses holes in the cards and counts them. There is also a large wall of indicators that displays the count. -
IBM Personal Computer
The IBM is a personal computer. It is also the original version and first of the IBM pc. -
Macintosh
The Macintosh is the first personal computer that can be used by a mouse. -
The IBM 7090
The IBM 7090 was a second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computers and was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications"
