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The Complex Number Calculator
In 1940, the complex number calculator was unveiled at an American Mathematical Society conference at Dartmouth college. It was able to perform calculations remotely using a Teletype terminal. -
ERA 1101 introduced
One of the very first commercial computers, the company's first customer was the US Navy. It was designed by the ERA and produced by Remington-Rand, meant to be able to hold 1 million bits. -
First Univac 1 delivered to US Census Bureau
The Univac 1 was the first computer to attract worldwide attention. The first major customers were utilities, insurance companies and the US military. -
IBM 726 Magnetic Tape
Magnetic tape allows for inexpensive mass storage, was a key for the computer revolution. -
Alexander Douglas writes OXO for EDSAC
Alexander was A PhD student from Cambridge University, he designed one of the earliest computer games, a version of Tic-Tac-Toe, called OXO -
First Meeting of IBM users group SHARE
SHARE was known for boisterous meetings and for most of it's customers it felt by many to be insufficient. -
Robby the Robot
Appearing in the movie Forbidden Planet, it was a huge hit and was seen as what robots would look like. -
Direct keyboard input to computers
Computers used to have tp use punch cards or paper tape to input into computers, but now keyboards were used. -
First computer scanned image on SEAC
The first image was scanned and seen as made with a bunch of black dots on the computer. -
DEC is founded
DEC was first founded o make electronic parts for test, measurement, prototyping, and control markets. -
SAGE Air Defense System
Designed to detect Russian nuclear bombers, it pioneers a lot of technological advances. -
UNIMATE
The first mass-produced robot begins working to make cars. -
IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive
The first disk drive made with a removable disk pack. Each pack weighed 10 pounds, and was capable of 2 million characters. -
Spacewar! debuts.
A game that was a battle between two spaceships, debuting from MIT. Also incorporating a program to provide a background. -
The first Queen email
Queen Elizabeth sends out her first e-mail on March 26. -
VDM prototype built
The VDM was the first implementation of video display for personal computers. Enabled personal computers for interactive games. -
Apple-1 completed
The Apple-1 was a single board computer for hobbyists. Also the founding of Apple. -
First computers installed in the White House
The US government after funding many computer research programs finally installed technology into the White House. -
LaserDisc
LaserDiscs were introduced to hold movies, the first film sold on LaserDiscs in North America was Jaws. -
IBM introduces its PC
IBM's mass marketing campaign sparked a huge growth in personal computers. -
CD-ROM
This CD was able of holding 550 megabytes of pre-recorded data. Was a huge hit for Sony. -
RM-510 Gripper introduced
The robot gripping arm was small, and commercially available. It could assemble product or handle chemicals. -
Apple unveils the Next cube
Was a pc box meant to be the new innovation with 8 megabytes of RAM. -
Intel's Delta supercomputer system comes online
Reaching 32 gigaflops, it had 512 processors arranged in two dimensional communications. -
The WorldWideWeb is born
It was the start of search engines and helpful links, with HTML, URLS. -
EverQuest is released
Inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, and text based games It was a fantasy themed MMORPG, being a huge critical success.
