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Calculator
Two men from Iowa State created a 16 bit calculator out of tubes. I chose this, because it calculated numbers by its own. -
First Electronic Computer
This is when the first electronic computer came out in the US, UK, and Germany. I used this, because it was the first release of the electronic computer. -
Manchester Mark 1
Freddie C. Williams and his team at Manchester University completed a prototype machine named the Manchester Mark 1. I chose this because this was a major starting point for computers. -
EDVAC Completion
It was completed with 4000 tubes, 10,000 crystal diodes, and 1024 44-bit words of ultrasonic memory. It also has a clock speed of 1 mhz. I chose this because it was a big project that was completed sucessfuly. -
First Industrial Robot
The first industrial robot was created at this time. They were basic robots, but they were a big deal. I chose this because I'm interested in robots. -
First Floppy Disk
In 1967 the first floppy disk was created by IBM. It was a big sucess and they sold a lot of them. I chose this, because it started secondary memory. -
Email!
Ray Tomlinson, author of first email software, chooses @ sign for email addresses. Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Traf-O-Data, and that ends up becoming microsoft in the future. I think this is cool, because it's the start of communicating online. -
Computer Attack!
Companies such as Apple, IBM, DEC, HP, XEROX, all release their own computers. I found this interesting, because this is the time where a bunch of computer came out for sale. -
Start of great computers
This year, Microsoft completed the Windows 1.01. It was a big hit, and you could do a lot on it. This computer was in a lot of business buildings, and used by a lot of people. You could also download free online games such as astroids. I found this interesting because this was the start of great computers. -
Internet Explorer
This year, Microsoft relaesed the Windows 95. With this computer, came the internet explorer. This is the computer that started google, websites, online gaming, etc. I found this interesting because many of the stuff on computers today origniated from the Windows 95.
