Mckayla Mullally History of Computers by Mckayla Mullally

1930s-Hewlett-Packard is founded

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:15:19 UTC

The company HP was founded. Walt Disney bought an 8 200b model to show in the movie Fantasia in theaters.

1940s-Curt Herzstark designs Curta calculator

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:22:46 UTC

Herzstark creates a modified version of the "stepped drum" design. He makes history with the smallest all-mechanical, four-functional calculator ever built.

1950s-English Electric DEUCE introduced

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:28:51 UTC

A commercial version of Turning's piolet Ace called DEUCE. It's mostly used for science and Engineering problems. More than 30 were finished.

1960s-3C DDP-116 introduced

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:34:13 UTC

Created by Enginee Garden Hendrie for CCC, the DDP is announced. it was the first 16-bit minicomputer, cost roughly $28,00.

1970s-Apple II introduced

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:38:19 UTC

Sold complete with many features including the game breakout. Was sold to millions of people and was the first access to personal computers.

1980s-Osborne 1 introduced

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:43:46 UTC

weighed about 24 pounds and cost 1,795.Had many features and had two floppy disk drives.was the mass-produced portable computer.

1990s-RISC PC was released

30mullallym — 2024-09-05 14:47:52 UTC

Replaced the Archimedes computer, and used the ARMv3 RISC microprocessor. Was used for UK broadcast television and music production.

2000s-The Apple Iphone is released

30mullallym — 2024-09-06 00:24:15 UTC

Apple released a portable iPhone that included a new function called, apps. It has many features such as GPS, weather, etc.

2010s-The Apple Ipad is released

30mullallym — 2024-09-06 14:18:41 UTC

The iPad was pretty similar to the iPhone, It had a larger screen and more features. You could download movies, etc.