Technology History Digital Media

  • The Z3 Computer

    The Z3 Computer
    Computer History SourceThe Z3 computer was an early computer that was created by a German engineer named Konrad Zuse. This computer used 2300 relays and it uses floating point binary arithmetic system.
  • The ENIAC

    The ENIAC
    Computer History SourceThe ENIAC was a michine built by john Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. This machine has improved by 1000 times in speed of it's contemporaries.
  • EDSAC

    EDSAC
    Computer History SourceThe EDSAC was created at Cambridge University by a man nmaed Maurice Wilkes.
  • Lyons Electronic Office (LEO)

    Lyons Electronic Office (LEO)
    Computer History SourceThe first commercial computer that was created in England was able to solve clerical problems.This computer was modeled after the EDSAC and was able to solve daily scheduling productions.
  • A-0 Compiler

    A-0 Compiler
    Computer History SourceA mathematician named Grace Hopper has completed what is the first compiler which is a program that does not use the binary system but instead uses words like the english language.
  • ERMA

    ERMA
    The Electronic Recording Metod of Accounting is a special scanner read account numbers preprinted on checks in magnetic ink. It was used at the Bank of America.
  • TX-0

    TX-0
    SourceThe TX-0 was the first progammable computer that had transistors that could be easily replaced. This machine was built by MIT researchers.
  • Dataphone

    Dataphone
    SourceThe first commercial modem was called the dathaphone and was designrd by AT&T. it was made to convert computer data to analog signals to send long messages.
  • PDP-8

    PDP-8
    SourceThe PDP-8 was the first successfully commercial mini computer, which was introduced by Digital Eqipement Corp., was able to go into thousands of manufactoring plants because of it's speed, small size, and reasonable cost.
  • Arpanet - First Internet Invented

    Arpanet - First Internet Invented
    Wiki SourceThe Arpanet was the first network that connected computers and was developed by the U.S. Millitary. The protcol TCP/IP was first developed to communicate and is still used today.
  • The Blue Box

    The Blue Box
    SourceSteve Woziniak created what he called the "Blue Box" to make free phone calls. These "Blue Boxes" were nothing ore than tone generators.
  • Pong - Ping Pong

    Pong - Ping Pong
    SourceThis virtual ping pong game for the Odessey console was designed by Ralph Baer in 1966. It was played a Magnavox production show by Nolan Bushnell in Burlingame California.
  • Superpaint

    Superpaint
    SourceThe first digital computer drawing system to use a frame buffer is now complete. SuperPaint was able to create sophisticated animations designed by Richard Shoup.
  • Mosaic

    Mosaic
    SourceMosaic was the first web browser to be released and it was a commercial software. This software was programmed and designed by Eric Bina and Andreessen.
  • DOOM

    DOOM
    SourceFirst person shooter is here. Doom is a first person shooter game deesigned bt .id Softaware. This game was popular on so many platforms until Halo came in and took over.