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The Bombe
The Bombe was invented in 1941. Its purpose was to decrypt Nazi military communications during World War 2. It greatly helped with getting information from the other side. This is an important event because it helped us win World War 2, and dramatically help us to secretly get information from the Nazis. -
ENIAC
In 1946, a computer called the ENIAC, which was made by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, was introduced to the public. This was the first time the public ever got to see this computer and was the first time they got to see a new and better computer. Although it didn't look to much different from other computers at the time, its main advantage, its speed was one thousand times faster than anything else. This computer could of done work much faster and more efficiently. -
Magnetic Core Memory
In 1953, at MIT, Jay Forrester installed a magnetic core memory system into a computer called the Whirlwind. This core memory was a great advancement on computers that allowed the computers to be more reliable than before, much faster, and made the computers easier to make. This system of storage was very popular for almost twenty years until the 1970's when semiconductors started being produced. -
Magnetic Disk Storage
In 1956 storage increased. IBM came up with a RAMAC 350 which was a magnetic disk storage. This storage was first used for the Random Access Method of Accounting and Control. This is important because this was the first large and magnetic disk storage at the time which helped quite a lot in storing data. The disk could hold up to five million bytes of data. -
Minicomputer
In 1965, a corporation called Digital Equipment created the first successful minicomputer. The minicomputer, also called PDP-8, was sold for 18,000. This even revolutionized computers because the minicomputer was sold out to other companies and plants to make even better. The minicomputer was small and was very fast. With its commercial production computers became better based off of it. -
Robot Arm
In 1969 the first robotic arm that could be controlled with a computer was invented. This is important because this led to major production. Because of this roboti arm, production of things like cars sped up. This also led to commercial production. -
IMSAI
In the year of 1973, IMSAI was founded by Bill Millard. Later that following year, while he was working on a client's project, he was able to develop a computing system using and Intel 8080 microprocessor.
This is an important event because it was a new idea at the time which led to new improvements in computers. This was a popular electronic and quickly sold around 20,000 units. -
Workstation
A research center designs what they call the Alto. The Alto is the very first workstation with a built in mouse used as an input device. The Alto was able to store files, and connect to a local network. This is an important milestone because this was the very first workstation ever to be built and work. This was a huge step in technology and its features were used later in other workstations and personal computers. -
Commodore 64
In 1982, the Commodore 64, the long name for C64 was introduced. This computer was sold for just short of $600 and had 64 kilobites of RAM. At the time, it had great graphics compared to other computers. This is important because this computer changed the technology of computers. It was a huge hit and was very complex at 1982. Ten years later when the computer "expired" it had sold 22 milion units. -
Lisa
In 1983, Apple introduced its Lisa out to the public. At the time, it was the first ever personal computer that also had a graphical user interface. The Lisa came with several things like a megabyte of RAM, a black and white monitor, and a five megabyte hardrive. This was important because it was a huge step for Apple and for the world. Nobody had ever seen anything like this. However, in the end, because of its high prices, the Lisa ended up failing
