History of Computing This is a timeline of

History of Computing This is a timeline of computing history from 1936 to 2013 1936 2013

v 1936 - The Z 1, originally created by Konrad zuse was the first programmable computer v 1937 -the ABC started being developed by Professor john Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry v 1939 - Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP v 1941 - The Bombe was created v 1942 - The ABC is completed v 1943 - Relay computer is finished v 1944 - Harvard Mark-1 is completed designed and built by IBM v 1945 - first computer bug found on a computer v 1946 - IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed scientific data in public display

v 1952 - Heinz Nixdorf founded Nixdorf Computer Corp v 1953 -IBM shipped its first electronic computer v 1954 - The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator established itself as the first mass-produced computer v 1956 - MIT researchers built the TX-0, the first generalpurpose, programmable computer v 1958 - SAGE linked hundreds of radar stations in the United States and Canada in the first large-scale computer communications network v 1959 - IBM´s 7000 series mainframes were the company´s first transistorized computers v 1965 - England´s first commercial computer, the Lyons Electronic Office, solved clerical problems v 1962 - The LINC offered the first real time laboratory data processing

v 1964 - CDC´s 6600 supercomputer, designed by Seymour Cray, performed up to 3 million instruction per second v 1965 - Commodore Business Machines (CBM) is founded v 1965 - Digital Equipment Corp. introduced the PDP-8, the first commercially successful minicomputer v 1966 - The Department of Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency helps build a large parallel processing computer, the ILLIAC IV v 1968 - The Apollo Guidance Computer made its debut orbiting the Earth on Apollo 7 v 1970 - The Kenbak-1, the first personal computer, advertised for $750 in Scientific American. RCA was founded in 1919 to make vacuum tubes for radio, then a new invention

v 1973 - The TV Typewriter, designed by Don Lancaster, provided the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set v 1974 - Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre designed the Alto — the first work station with a built-in mouse for input v 1975 - Xerox closes its computer division, Most of the rights to the machines were sold to Honeywell v 1976 - Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I, a single-board computer With specifications in hand an order for 100 machines at $500 each from the Byte Shop, he and Steve Jobs got their start in business v 197 - The Cray I made its name as the first commercially successful vector processor. The fastest machine of its day v 1977 - The Commodore PET the first of several personal computers released in 1977

v 1977 - The Apple II became an instant success when released in 1977 with its printed circuit motherboard, switching power supply, keyboard, case assembly, manual, game paddles, A/C power cord, and cassette tape with the computer game "Breakout” v 1983 - Thinking Machines is founded. Thinking Machines Corporation (TMC) was formed by MIT graduate student Danny Hillis v 1984 - Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface v 1985 - Commodore’s Amiga 1000 is released v 1987 - IBM introduced its PS/2 machines v 1992 - Gates' Microsoft Corp. released Windows 3. 1

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