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complex number calculator
In 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator, designed by researcher George Stibitz. -
magnetic core memory
At MIT, Jay Forrester installed magnetic core memory on the Whirlwind computer. Core memory made computers more reliable, faster, and easier to make -
Bombe
The first Bombe is completed.BOMBE was the name of an electro-mechanical machine, developed during WWII by Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman, whilst working as codebreakers at Bletchley Park. -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed. After successfully demonstrating a proof-of-concept prototype in 1939, Atanasoff received funds to build the full-scale machine. -
Harvard Mark-1
Harvard Mark-1 is completed. Conceived by Harvard professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark-1 was a room-sized, relay-based calculator. -
ENIAC
Eniac was the first general-purpose electronic computer.according to newyork times 'it was an amazing machine which applies electronic speeds for the first time to mathematical tasks hitherto too difficult and cumbersome for solution." -
IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive is announced
IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive is announced. Announced on October 11, 1962, the IBM 1311 was the first disk drive IBM made with a removable disk pack. Each pack weighed about ten pounds, held six disks, and had a capacity of 2 million characters. -
Ethernet method of network connection
Robert Metcalfe devised the Ethernet method of network connection at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. -
Graphics and games
Doom” is released. id Software released Doom in late 1993. An immersive first-person shooter-style game, Doom became popular on many different platforms before losing popularity to games like Halo and Counter-Strike.
