History of Computers timeline by Aiden Heim

1939 Hewlett-Packard is founded

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David Packard and Bill Hewlett found their company in a Palo Alto,California garage.

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In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College.

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The first practical stored-program computer to provide a regular computing service is Completed.

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The typical PDP-1 computer system, which sells for about $120,000, is introduced and more than 50 were sold

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One of the earliest personal computers, the Kenbak-1 is advertised for $750 in Scientific American magazine.

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The C64, as it is better known, sells for $595, comes with 64 KB of RAM and features impressive graphics.

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Apple's Macintosh Portable meets with little success in the marketplace and leads to a complete redesign of Apple's line of portable computers.

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Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04; a Sharp-manufactured digital phone with integrated camera.

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Since the release of the Macintosh in 1984, Apple has placed emphasis on high-resolution graphics and display technologies.