The first computer was invented by Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper. The purpose of the computer was for a calculator
EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) is built by Maurice Wikes. Made to store computer programs, and is the first of its kind
IMB’s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator is developed.
The Altair 8800 computer kit is created. It is based on Intel’s 8080 microprocessor and used the software language, BASIC. his was the first computer to use the term, “personal computer”.
Steve Wozniak designs the Apple-1 computer, which is a single-board computer for hobbyists. Then he and his best friend, Steve Jobs, start a new company called Apple Computer, Inc.
The Apple II is released with a printed circuit motherboard, switching power supply, keyboard, case assembly, manual, etc…
The first spreadsheet software, VisiCalc, was the “killer application” for the Apple II.
Atari introduces the Model 400 and 800 computer. These computers were made to serve as a game console on a home computer. 400 was the game console, while 800 was a home computer
First portable computer made by Adam Osborne. It weighed 24 pounds and cost $1795. It included a 5 inch display, 64 KB memory, a modem, and two floppy disk drives
Commodore 64 is introduced and sold for $595. It included 64KB of RAM, and impressive graphics for the time.
Apple introduced Lisa which sold for $10,000, ultimately failing its sales. It ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor and 1 MB of RAM, a 12 inch monitor, 2 floppy disk drives and a 5 MB hard drive.
The first PC clone, the Compaq that used the same software as IBM’s computer, but was considerably cheaper. In the first year, it sold $111 million, which is the most ever in an American business in a year.
Apple released the Macintosh, a mouse driven computer with a GUI, and the same Motorola 68000 microprocessor and other features like Lisa, but sold for $2500, considerably cheaper than Lisa.
The Amiga 1000 is released by Commodore. It sold for $1295 for the computer, not the monitor. It had video and audio capabilities a lot better than personal computers.
Microsoft's graphical operating system is first introduced. Windows began to dominate the PC market after surpassing Mac OS (1984).
IBM and MIPS (Million instructions per second) released the first RISC-based workstations (reduced instruction set computer), the PC/RT and R2000-based systems. It had 1 MB of RAM, a floppy disk drive, and a 40 MB hard drive
IBM introduced PS/2 machines with 3 floppy disk drives, video graphics, mouse driven OS, and an Intel 80386 chip. Over 1 million were shipped by the end of the year.
Simon Personal Communitcator is the first smartphone developed by IBM that can make phone calls, pull up calendars and events, email, and it can even connect to fax machines. It sold for $899, but had limited success :(
Apple releases the IPhone, the first pocket computer with internet access as well as cellular connectivity. This phone creates a new path for other companies to develop future smartphones
Microsoft's latest operating system designed for touch-screen devices. The main difference is the new "start screen" and downloadable apps from the Microsoft store. Windows 8 is still being updated and will receive support until 2016.
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