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First commercial computer
It was called the ERA 1101, it was used for high speed computing. It used a magnetic drum to store 1 million bits of info. -
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Computers
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Univac
Huge computer used for a variety of different utilities. Used 5,200 vacuum tubes, weighed 20,000 pounds sold for a million dollars. -
Transistor Computer
First computer to use transistors.Used 92 transistors. -
Johnniac Computer
Used for engineering calculations. One of the computers that had begun to be mass produced. -
First Keyboard
At MIT the first experiments for a direct keyboard began. Before this information was put into computers through hole punched cards. -
TX-O
First programmable computer made with transistors. Made games like a mouse going through a maze to find martinis and becoming drunk. -
Minutemen Missile Guidance
Used to quickly calculate a missiles position in flight. The speed and durability of this led to increased research into better transistors. -
CDC 6600 supercomputer
Could perform 3 million instructions per second. Fastest computer of the time. -
Micral
Developed for personal use. Cheaper use if you needed to process less information. -
Laser Printer
Developed at XEROX the inventor moved away from corporate to develop it. Uses lasers to write on paper. -
Apple Macintosh
Used a mouse as input. Came with apple paint so you could draw with the mouse. It costs $2,500 -
First Camera Phone
Allowed pictures to be taken and shared wirelessly, after this the camera became an integral part of phones. -
Amazon Kindle
Released as the first major electronic reader. -
Retina Display
Made by apple it has 400 pixels per inch. It is close to the resolution humans see. Now part of all apple products. -
Apple Watch
Apple built a computer in the form of a watch. Showing just how great we have gotten at making computers smaller.
