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The History of the Personal Computer and Internet

By danielsjn

  • Where did the Internet Evolve From

    Where did the Internet Evolve From
    The US government created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network in response to the launch of Sputnik. The idea behind the creation of ARPANET was to enable a secure way of communicating between computers.

  • The coming of the Internet

    The coming of the Internet
    The Bell Lab invents the modem which allows for communication between computers.

  • Leonard Kleinrock

    Leonard Kleinrock
    A new way of communicating between the internet was developed by Leonard Kleinrock. This method was called packet switching. This method divded mesages into packets before being sent out. Without this more secure way of sending out mesages, the government's computer network would have been more susceptible to attack.

  • TCP/IP Protocol develops

    TCP/IP Protocol develops
    Vincent Cerf and Bob Kahn develop the TCP/IP protocol which allows for communication between a diverse set of computers. TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol.

  • The First Personal Computer

    The First Personal Computer
    The Altair 8800 was the first personal computer invented by MITS co-founder Ed Roberts in 1975. Although the computer was not user friendly, many user were fascinated by it. It had no monitor or keyboard, but it allowed users to create their own programs. The personal computer only contained 256 bytes of memory.

  • The Apple I

    The Apple I
    The first Apple computer was designed by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs. The Apple computer had a single circuit board and sold about 200 computers before the release of the Apple II.

  • Apple II

    Apple II
    The Apple II computer contained graphics and color, as well as a newly designed TV interface. The user friendly computer sold millions making it the longest lived lines of personal computers.

  • The Motorola 68000 microprocessor

    The Motorola 68000 microprocessor
    This processor had high speeds compared to its competitors and was found mostly in high performace work stations intended for graphics-intensive programs.

  • The Macintosh

    The Macintosh
    Priced at $2,500 the Macintosh was released by Apple and was the first successful mouse driven computer with a graphical interface. The ocmputer came with MacWrite and MacPaint.

  • The Web

    The Web
    Tim Berners-Lee develops the World Wide Web which was more than just a way of communcation but a way to access a plethora of information. The WWW is a subset of the internet and contains hypertext.