Technology History Project

Complex Number Calculator

Apr 18, 1940

computerhistoryAlso called the CNC was the first calculater The conference was held at Dartmouth College using a Teletype.

Z3

Jun 20, 1941

computerhistoryThis was created by Konrad Zuse isolated from advances in technology surrounding him. The Z3 was destroyed by a bombing raid in Berlin but was later reconstructed and put in a museum.

ENIAC Invented

Feb 14, 1946

WikipediaThe ENIAC was the first digital computer and cost almost $500,000. The machine was the size of a small gym and contained over 17,000 vacuum tubes.

UNIVAC Computer

Mar 31, 1951

inventors.about.comFirst commercial computer by John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly. This computer was able to pick presidential winners.

Spacewar

May 15, 1962

wikipediaSteve Russell, a computer programmer from MIT, invented the first computer game called Spacewar. The game has spaceships firing missils at eachother which sounds to me a lot like Galiga.

CDC 6600

Mar 18, 1964

computerhistoryThis computer was designed by Seymour Cray with a processing speed three times faster than its competitor. This computer can perform up to 3 million instructions per second.

Dynamic RAM Chip

Sep 10, 1970

inventors.about.comRandom Access Memory is the acronym for RAM which stores files on a computer. This Intel 1103 Computer Memory was faster and did not lose memory when turned off.

Kenbak-1

Jun 23, 1971

computer historyFirst personal computer for $750. The company Kenbak Corp. took them off the market after selling only 40 machines.

Alto

Oct 7, 1974

computerhistoryThe first work station with a built in mouse for the moniter. These were mostly given to universities as it was not for commercial profit.

Commodore 64

Mar 12, 1982

computerhistoryThis computer sold for $595 with a 64KB of RAM. 2006 held the Guinness world record as the greatest selling single computer model.

First home computer with GUI

Mar 12, 1983

imrl.usu.eduThe public started purchasing computers with a Graphical User Interface. This included actions as using a mouse to click and drag images into different files.

HyperText Markup Language

Nov 22, 1990

computerhistory.orgTim Berners Lee was a researcher at CERN developed HTML which expanded the internet into the World Wide Web. He used specifications such as a URL for browsers.

TRS-80

Jul 19, 1997

computerhistory Tandy Radio Shack's first desktop computer. They sold 10,000 units priced at $599.95.

First Digital Television Broadcast in US

Jan 3, 1998

funtrivia.comAlexanderson shows the GE system and announces television broadcasting. They were first transmitted Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons to 3:30.

First GPS Receiver

Oct 28, 2002

ion.orgReceiver for digital mapping put in a car. The information is collected from satellite imaging and man-made routes for your destination.