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Computers

By erinfurey

  • The HP 200A Audio Oscillator,

    The HP 200A Audio Oscillator,
    Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers.

  • The Complex Number Calculator

    The Complex Number Calculator
    This is considered to be the first demonstration of remote access computing.

  • Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer.

    Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer.
    The Z3 was an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere.

  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed.

    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed.
    fter successfully demonstrating a proof-of-concept prototype in 1939, Atanasoff received funds to build the full-scale machine.

  • The Relay Interpolator is completed.

    The Relay Interpolator is completed.
    Army asked Bell Labs to design a machine to assist in testing its M-9 Gun Director.

  • Harvard Mark-1 is completed.

    Harvard Mark-1 is completed.
    Conceived by Harvard professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark-1 was a room-sized, relay-based calculator.

  • In February, the public got its first glimpse of the ENIAC, a machine built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

    In February, the public got its first glimpse of the ENIAC, a machine built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
    That improved by 1,000 times on the speed of its contemporaries.