Computer Timeline by Seamus Givey

Hewlett-Packard is founded

30giveys — 2024-08-29 12:35:20 UTC

David Packard and Bill Hewlett made their company in a Palo Alto. He started in a garage. Walt Disney ordered eight of them.

CNC

30giveys — 2024-08-29 12:45:40 UTC

In 1939 the CNC calculator was made. It was first introduced in 1940. Stibitz astonished Dartmouth College by performing calculations on the CNC.

ERA 1101

30giveys — 2024-08-29 12:53:32 UTC

One of the first commercially produced computers was the ERA 1101. The company's first customer was the US Navy. The ERA 1101 designed by ERA but built by Remington-Rand. The ERA 1101 was intended for high-speed computing and stored 1 million bits. Many of the 1101’s were used until the 1960s.

Manchester Mark I completed

30giveys — 2024-09-03 11:56:42 UTC

Built by a in 1951, a team led by Frederick Williams and Tom Kilburn. The Mark I serves as the prototype computer. The Manchester Mark I used more than 1,300 vacuum tubes and occupied an area the size of a room. Its memory system was later adopted by several other early computer systems around the world.

IBM 7030

30giveys — 2024-09-04 12:29:48 UTC

IBM was a computer that was the company's first computer using transistors. The top of the line was the Model 7030. Also known as the "Stretch." Nine of the computers were sold to mainly national laboratories and major scientific users. The IBM was made in 1961.

Amdahl 470

30giveys — 2024-09-04 12:47:35 UTC

Was made by Gene Amdahl in 1970. He based it on the IBM.

VIC-20

30giveys — 2024-09-04 12:51:21 UTC

The VIC 20 was introduced in 1980. It was made as a personal computer. The VIC 20 was the first computer to sell over a million models.

Sony Vaio

30giveys — 2024-09-05 11:34:59 UTC

In 1996 Sony manufactured and sold computers in Japan. Vaio was one of the first desktop computer.