History of Computers by Jordan Newell https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8 en-us 2024-08-29 12:26:51 UTC 2024-09-03 12:50:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Hewlett-Packard is founded 1939 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093899847

  • full name is HP 200A Audio Oscillator

  • founded by David Packard and Bill Hewlett

  • "Walt Disney Pictures" ordered 12 of these

    • ]]>     2024-08-29 12:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093899847     Konrad Zuse finishes Z3 computer 1941 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093911573

  • 22 bit word length

  • used for aerodynamic calculations

  • on display in a museum in Munich

    • ]]>     2024-08-29 12:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093911573     IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator introduced 1954 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093917888

  • spins at 12,500 rpm

  • highley popular at universities at the time

  • sold 450 in one year

    • ]]>     2024-08-29 12:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093917888     Teletype introduced its ASR-33 Teletype 1966 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093933179

  • first generation of microcomputers


    • ]]>     2024-08-29 12:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3093933179     Steve Wozniak completes the Apple-1 1976 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100038021

  • designed bys steve wozniak, marketed by steve jobs

  • sold in the millions for two decades

  • single board computer for hobbyists

    • ]]>     2024-09-03 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100038021     Apple Computer introduces Macintosh 1984 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100041393

  • introduced by Superbowl ad

  • based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor

  • price was $2,500

    • ]]>     2024-09-03 12:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100041393     BeBox is released 1995 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100049739

  • did not sell well

  • founded by Jean Lewis

  • stopped producing in 1997

    • ]]>     2024-09-03 12:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100049739     One Laptop per child initiative begins 2006 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100059368

  • by 2011, 2.4 million ,laptops have been shipped

  • Founded by Nicholas Negroponte

  • UNDP announces it will deliver technology to the least developed countries

    • ]]>     2024-09-03 12:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100059368     Apple Watch 2015 30newellj https://padlet.com/30newellj/d5f69xv20224k7g8/wish/3100066558

  • Almost a million units were ordered in the first day

  • there were issues with limited battery life and high prices

  • The release of the apple watch caused a new level of excitement

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