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First Keyboard
Christopher Latham Sholes[2] (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard,[3] and along with Frank Haven Hall, Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Gladden and John Pratt, has been contended as one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States.[4][5][6] He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes] -
First Computer
The computer as we know it today had its beginning with a 19th century English mathematics professor name Charles Babbage.[http://people.bu.edu/baws/brief%20computer%20history.html] -
The Transistor
The transistor was invented by Bell Telephone Company. It wasn't a computer in itself'but it was a vital computer component.[http://www.softschools.com/timelines/computer_history_timeline/20/] -
Computer Chip
A chip is really a collection of tiny transistors which are connected together when the transistor is manufactured. [https://homepage.cs.uri.edu/faculty/wolfe/book/Readings/Reading03.htm] -
First Mini Computer
The PDP-1 sold for about $120,000, which made it one of the most inexpensive computers of that time. [https://www.google.com/search?q=mini+computer&oq=mini+comp&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.4759j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#safe=strict&q=first+mini+computer] -
First Mouse
Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail.[http://www.softschools.com/timelines/computer_history_timeline/20/] -
First Touchscreen Computer
A capacitive touchscreen panel uses an insulator, like glass, that is coated with a transparent conductor such as indium tin oxide (ITO). [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/from-touch-displays-to-the-surface-a-brief-history-of-touchscreen-technology/] -
First Personal Computer
IBM and Apple were just a couple of the brands that put out the first personal computers.[http://www.softschools.com/timelines/computer_history_timeline/20/] -
Microsoft is Born
Bill Gates worked with Paul Allen to develop BASIC for the Altair 8800. [http://www.softschools.com/timelines/computer_history_timeline/20/] -
First Apple Computer
That means it is not the highest-grossing Apple 1 computer - that distinction belongs to a rare working version that sold for $905,000 at a Bonhams auction in New York in October 2014.[http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37199000]
