Decade 1970-1980

  • Dynamic Access Memory Chip DRAM

    Dynamic Access Memory Chip DRAM
    It's a small chip that stores data without having to take so much space in a computer. The creators were intel. This invention making smaller chips and bigger storage in the computer world.
  • Ethernet is born

    Ethernet is born
    They use the ethernet cable to connect wired devices together to the local network for file sharing and internet access. Bob Metcalfe was the creator, and it changed computers drastically by having faster internet.
  • Apple I launches first Computer with a single circuit board

    Apple I launches first Computer with a single circuit board
    It was a computer with just the circuit board, no other electronics. That's where customers basically build their own computer.
  • VisiCalc the first computerized spreadsheet program

    VisiCalc the first computerized spreadsheet program
    The first computerized spreadsheet program. Codan Bricklin and Bob Frankston invented the program which was running on the Apple II. It had helped many jobs in the world like Accountants bookkeepers etc. on keeping track of numbers.
  • Word processing comes to life "WordStar"

    Word processing comes to life "WordStar"
    First commercially successful word processing software program produced for microcomputers. Invented by Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby. This invention led to other word programs like google word we use today.