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The First Step to Computers
A french inventor named Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom that uses punched wooden cards to weave fabric designs. The first computers uses the same punch cards that he invented. -
Printing Calculator
Per Georg Schütz and his son Edvard designed the world's first printing calculator. It was able to not only solve problems but was a able to print out the solution -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, designed the first digital electronic computer in the U.S called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC). This marks the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory and is capable of performing one operation every 15 seconds. -
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
Two professors at the University of Pennsylvania, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, designed and built the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). The machine is the first "automatic, general-purpose, electronic, decimal, digital computer, -
Computer Chip
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit known as the computer chip. -
Prototype of the Modern Computer
Douglas Engelbart reveals a prototype of the modern computer. This is the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built by the United States. -
Apple I
First Apple Computer, Apple I, went on sale in July 1976 at a price of $666.66. -
TRS-80 Model 1
Radio Shack begins to sell 3,000 TRS-80 Model 1 Computers. -
Acorn
"Acorn," IBM's first personal computer, is released onto the market at a price point of $1,565. First way to access Windows. -
Apple Lisa
The Apple Lisa, "Local Integrated Software Architecture", was a personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) to perform routine operations. A GUI is a display format that allows the user to select commands, open files, and start programs. -
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro from Apple hits the shelves. The Pro is the company's first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer. -
Today's Computers
Today in 2022, computers are faster and better then ever. They have everything from fingerprint technology and touch screen. Computers are tiny and evolved so much from the big machines they used to be.