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The development of the Computer Over Time
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HP 200A Audio Oscillator
Hewett-Packard created the first somewhat computer product. Called the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, it rapidly became a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. -
The Complex Number Calculator (CNC)
This is considered to be the one of the first demonstration of remote access computing. It was a (somwhat) complex calculator. -
Z3 computer
The Z3 was an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse. The Z3 used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length. -
ENIAC computer
The ENIAC computer is a flight simulator -
Harvard Mark-1
The Mark-1 was used to produce mathematical tables but was soon superseded by stored program computers. -
IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator
The SSEC produced the moon-position tables used for plotting the course of the 1969 Apollo flight to the moon. -
EDSAC
EDSAC was the first practical stored-program computer. -
ERA 1101
The ERA 1101 was the first commercially produced computer. -
UNIVAC I
The UNIVAC I was the first commercial computer to attract widespread public attention -
MIT TX-0
The MIT TX-0 was the first general-purpose, programmable computer built with transistors. -
The LINC
The LINC (Laboratory Instrumentation Computer) offered the first real time laboratory data processing. -
PDP-8
The PDP-8 was the first commercially successful minicomputer. -
Apollo Guidance Computer
Astronauts communicated with the computer by punching two-digit codes in. -
HP-35
The HP-35 was the first scientific calculator. -
TV Typewriter
The TV Typewriter was the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set -
Xerox Alto
The Xerox Alto was the first work station with a built-in mouse for input. -
Scelbi 8H
The Scelbi 8H was the first commercially advertised U.S. computer based on a microprocessor, Intel´s 8008. -
Commodore PET
The Commodore PET was one of the first truly personal computers. -
Apple II
The Apple II had a printed circuit motherboard, switching power supply, keyboard, case assembly, manual, game paddles, A/C powercord, and cassette tape with the computer game "Breakout." -
Atari 800
The Atari 800 was a home, micro computer. -
Osborne I
The Osborne I was the first portable computer. -
Apollo DN100
The Apollo DN100 was the first Apollo work station. -
Apple Lisa
The first personal computer with a graphical user interface. -
Apple Macintosh
Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first succesful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface.
