The History of Computers by Michael Marlow

Hewlett Packard is founded 1939

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Founded in an California garage.

one of their items was in the movie Fantasia.

The first Bombe is completed in 1941

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1.Built as an electro-mechanical means of decrypting Nazi ENIGMA-based military communications during World War II

2.The basic idea for bombes came from Polish code-breaker Marian Rejewski's 1938 "Bomba."

Direct Keyboard input to computers 1956

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1.Typically computer users of the time fed their programs into a computer using punched cards or paper tape.

2.An experiment conducted five months later on the MIT Whirlwind computer confirmed how useful and convenient a keyboard input device could be.

IBM introduces 1400 series 1961

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1.By the mid-1960s nearly half of all computers in the world were IBM 1401s.

2.Demand called for more than 12,000 of the 1401 computers.

First Kenback-1 is sold 1971

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1.After selling only 40 machines, Kenbak Corporation closed its doors.

2.The Kenbak-1 relied on switches for input and lights for output from its 256-byte memory.

Apple introduces the Lisa computer 1983

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1.Lisa is the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface

2.The Lisa ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor and came equipped with 1 MB of RAM, a 12-inch black-and-white monitor, dual 5.25-inch floppy disk drives and a 5 MB Profile hard drive.

Apple ships the first Newton 1993

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1.The Newton featured many of the features that would define handheld computers in the following decades.

2.The Newton line never performed as well as hoped and was discontinued in 1998.

First Camera phone was introduced 2000

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1.The camera had a maximum resolution of 0.11 megapixels a 256-color display, and photos could be shared wirelessly.

2.The J-Phone line would quickly expand, releasing a flip-phone version just a month later.

Apple Watch 2015

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1.Incorporating a version of Apple's iOS operating system, as well as sensors for environmental and health monitoring.

2.Almost a million units were ordered on the day of release.