My stellar padlet by Carmella Briglia

1939-Hewlett-Packard is founded

29brigliac — 2024-04-02 13:35:50 UTC

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

2. Walt Disney Pictures ordered eight of the 200B model

29brigliac — 2024-04-02 13:38:00 UTC

1. It was designed by scientist George Stibitz

2. This is likely the first example of remote access computing.

29brigliac — 2024-04-02 13:40:50 UTC

1. It was one of the first commercially produced computers.

2. It was was intended for high-speed computing and stored 1 million bits on its magnetic drum.

29brigliac — 2024-04-02 13:43:04 UTC

1. It sells for about $120,000

2. It includes a cathode ray tube graphic display, paper tape input/output, needs no air conditioning and requires only one operator

29brigliac — 2024-04-02 13:45:46 UTC

1. Gene Amdahl created it.

2. It was a computer, but it cost less and was smaller and faster.

29brigliac — 2024-04-03 13:09:35 UTC

1. Intended to be a less expensive alternative

2. VIC-20 was highly successful, becoming the first computer to sell more than a million units

29brigliac — 2024-04-03 13:20:14 UTC

1. It was the first hard disk drive to use magneto-resistive heads.

2. The first model of this 5 ¼-inch disk drive had two 1 GB hard disk assemblies.

29brigliac — 2024-04-03 13:26:37 UTC

1. The Sims allows players to create a home, get a job, and form relationships in a free-form world.

2. The Sims took concepts from Wright's previous game Sim City

29brigliac — 2024-04-03 13:30:39 UTC

1. In Angry Birds, players slingshot wingless birds of various kinds towards towers inhabited by green pigs in an effort to knock them to the ground.

2. Selling for just 99 cents from an online store, Angry Birds and its sequels have had more than two billion downloads.