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1101 Introduced
Built by Remington-Rand, yet designed by ERA, the 1101 was a company that produced computers. The company was lucky to have their first customer be the US Navy, as it was planned to offer high-speed computing. -
Ferranti Mark I
Known as one of the first widespread purpose computers, the Mark I was sold to Manchester University. The Mark I was an improvement of the previous Manchester computers, however, it ended up being sold of the University. -
IBM 650
In 1954, IBM created the 650 and was it's first large-scale produced computer. The 650 magnetic calculator offered faster retrieval of stored information than other machines. -
Direct Keyboards Introduced
In the year 1956, people began testing direct keyboard inputs to computers. During this time, computer users often used punched cards or paper tape, however, after some experiments researchers discovered how useful a direct keyboard device could be. -
SEAC Computer Scanned Image
In 1957, while working with the SEAC team, Robert Kirsch created a rotating drum scanner. This drum scanner had the ability to digitize a picture of his son. This little black and white image became the first ever image to be scanned to a computer.
