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charles babbage's analytical computer
first basic idea of a computer -
Zuse Z3
the Zuse Z3 computer was made in germany by Konrad Zuse. The real zuse computer was destoyed during a berlin bombing but Zuse watched the reconstuction himeself -
first Bombe "computer is finished
Made for the military in order to decipher the nazi militrary communications. -
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer
Professor John Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Barry built the world's first electronic-digital computer at Iowa State University between 1936 and 1942. -
Harvark Mark-1 is completed
a harvard professor Howard Aiken designed the computer. It is lthe size or a room and it was built by IBM -
The colossus
The first colossus is operational at bletchley park. Designed by british engineer Tommy Flowers -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer
The American military sponsored their research; the army needed a computer for calculating artillery-firing tables, the settings used for different weapons under varied conditions for target accuracy. -
Dynabook (labtop)
The Dynabook was a one of the earliest laptops. It was originally aimed to young children being able to had access to media. This was what its inventor, Alan Kay wanted when he released the computer in 1968. -
Xerox Star
The Xerox Star was an influencial piece of technology which originally began in 1945. It all started with an idea which was published in the Atlantic Monthly which was named: "As We May Think". It was Dr. Vannevar Bush's idea that influenced the Xerox Star. He suggested to military of a way of accessing and storing knowledge, and commanding it. His idea was what we would call: a basic computer, a harddrive, or even a USB Memory Stick. His ideas influenced the members of Xerox to create the Xerox -
Apple LISA computer
The Apple Lisa computer was the first ever home computer to use GUI or graphical user interface. This meant that users no longer had to use the keyboard to type in commands but instead, were able to use a mouse to hover over small images and select them. -
IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER - AT
The IBM personal computer also known as the IBM AT, the PC, or the PC/AT was a huge hit for IBM. The IBM personal computer ran on an Intel 80286 microprocessor and its operating system was PC-DOS 3.0.The IBM PC AT was released to the public in 1984 and the PC AT could also hold 16MB of space. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
The 1984 Apple Macintosh is important to computing history because this was the start of the first iMac. -
`NEC UltraLite
considered the first notebook style laptop -
Apple imac
The iMac G3 was first announced on 6 May 1998 and then were first sold on 15 August 1998. iMac G3, which is the first generation IMac, is the first computer to have USB ports as a standard. It is also the first Macintosh to have mouse and keyboard connecter. There were many updates for the iMac G3; such as increasing processor speed, video RAM and hard-disk capacity. It was the first to come of many apple products. -
MacBook Pro 1st Generation
The Macbook is a notebook computer manufactured by Apple Inc. The release of this notebook computer represented the "transition of Apple processor hardware from IBM’s PowerPC to Intel’s Core Duo line of processors.
