My Computer Timeline by Elyse Buckridge

1939

29buckridgee — 2024-04-02 12:43:00 UTC

David Packard and Bill Hewlett started their company in a garage in Palo Alto, California. Their first product was a HP 200A Audio Oscillator that even Disney ended up using in their movies.

1948

29buckridgee — 2024-04-02 12:47:35 UTC

Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill created the Small-Scale Experimental Machine also known as The Baby and later known as the Williams Tube. This was the first computer to run on a digital electron built in program.

1951

29buckridgee — 2024-04-02 12:54:05 UTC

This computer was the one of the first to be produced commercially, and they were even used by the US Navy. This computer was used for lots of high speed computing.

1965

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:23:45 UTC

The Olivetti Programma calculating computer went on sale.This machine could add, subtract, multiplication, division, and find the square root of a number.

1979

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:31:38 UTC

Tandy's Radio Shack released it's first desk top computer costing around 600 dollars. This computer had a microprocessor, video display, memory, built in basic programing, cassette storage and manuals.

1983

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:35:56 UTC

This computer, named Lisa, was the first personal computer with graphical user interface. It was a huge milestone for tech industries like Apple and Microsoft.

1991

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:40:32 UTC

This system could reach 32 billion floating point operations per second. It also helped Caltech researchers with projects like processing satellite images and studying AIDS.

2008

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:44:58 UTC

The Macbook Air, a light, thin laptop with a high capacity battery was released by Apple. It was the first mass marketed to be made with a solid-slate disk instead of the usual hard drive

2011

29buckridgee — 2024-04-03 12:51:11 UTC

The Ipad had the same abilities as the Iphone like a camera, Itunes storage, and audio videos. The invention led to movie making, creating art and music, and inventory control.