https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6 en-us 2022-11-11 16:27:24 UTC 2026-02-28 02:06:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png 28salernos https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2380424528 The Control Data Corporation 6600 preforms up to 3 million instructions per second. The 6600 retained the distinction of being the fastest computer in the world until surpassed by its successor the CDC 7600, in 1968.  Part of the speed came from the computer´s design, which used 10 small computers, known as peripheral processing units, to offload the workload from the central processor.]]> 2022-11-11 16:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2380424528 28salernos https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383184424 When connected to a color television set, The apple || produced brilliant color graphics for the time. Millions of apple || were sold between 1977 and 1993. Making it one of the longest-lived lines of personal computers. ]]> 2022-11-14 16:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383184424 28salernos https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383200011 Lisa is the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface. It was thus an important milestone in computing as soon Microsoft Windows and the Apple Macintosh would soon adopt the GUI as their user interface, making it the new paradigm for personal computing. 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.]]> 2022-11-14 16:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383200011 28salernos https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383208757 Officially known as the Track Write, the automatically expanding full-sized keyboard used by the ThinkPad 701 is designed by inventor John Karidis. The keyboard was comprised of three roughly triangular interlocking pieces, which formed a full-sized keyboard when the laptop was opened resulting in a keyboard significantly wider than the case. The need for such a design was lessened as laptop screens grew wider.]]> 2022-11-14 16:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383208757 28salernos https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383212761 Apple launches the iPhone a combination of web browser, music player and cell phone which could download new functionality in the form of apps (applications) from the online Apple store.The touchscreen enabled smartphone also had built in GPS navigation, high definition camera, texting, calendar, voice dictation, and weather reports.]]> 2022-11-14 16:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/28salernos/h4esongva280knw6/wish/2383212761