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The first "computer"
David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in California garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which became a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. -
Project Whirlwind
This is the begining of Project Whirlwind. During World War II, the U.S. Navy sought help from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about building a flight simulator to train bomber crews. The team first built a large analog computer, but found it inaccurate. -
End of Project Whirlwind
MIT´s Whirlwind debuted on Edward R. Murrow´s "See It Now" television series. Project director Jay Forrester described the computer as a "reliable operating system". Although the Navy gave up on project Whirlwind, it caught the attention of the United States Airforce -
IBM
IBM shipped its first electronic computer, the 701. During three years of production, IBM sold 19 machines to research laboratories, aircraft companies, and the federal government. -
The PDP - 1
The predecessor to the minicomputer, DEC´s PDP-1 sold for $120,000. One of 50 built, the average PDP-1 included with a cathode ray tube graphic display, needed no air conditioning and required only one operator. -
Xerox Alto
Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto, one of the first personal computers. It pulled together all aspects of modern graphics. -
Explosion of personal computers
the Commodore PET was one of the first of several personal computers released in 1977. It came fully assembled and was straightforward to operate, with either 4 or 8 kilobytes of memory, two built-in cassette drives, and a membrane "chiclet" keyboard. -
Apple 2
When released in 1977, the Apple 2 was a success. It 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 400 and 800
Atari introduces the Model 400 and 800 Computer. These two microcomputer had been designed with gameing capabilities. -
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 or better know as C64 sold for $595. It came with 64KB of RAM and featured impressive graphics. Thousands of software titles were released over the lifespan of the C64
