IDT - HISTORY OF COMPUTERS (TIMELINE)

Z1

1936

first electric binary programmable computer!!
made by german, Konrad Zuse
64-word memory

Atanassoff-Berry Computer

1937

first digital computer!!
made by John Vincent Atanassoff & Cliff Berry

ENIAC

1943

"first" digital computer!!
made by J. Presper Eckert & John Mauchly

EDSAC

1949

first computer to run graphical computer game!!

701

1953

first PC!!

Whirlwind Machine

1955

first computer with RAM!!
made @M.I.T

TX-0 (transitioned experimental computer)

1956

PDP

1960

first mini computer!!

xeroxAlto

1974

first workstation computer!!
NEVER SOLD

ALTAIR

1975

first personal computer!!
made by Ed Roberts
sold for $1,750

IBM 5100

1975

first portable computer/laptop!!
55 lbs.

APPLE!!

1976

the first official computer company!!
made by Steve Wozniak (Jobs)

Compaq

1983

first PC clone!! included all of the functionalities of IBM

MPC standard

1992

first multimedia computer!!