https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k 1940-2015 en-us 2021-09-29 15:16:35 UTC 2021-09-30 15:34:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 27mallons https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1778517422 The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was declared the originator of the three basic computer ideas. It was also declared un-patentable so everyone was free to replicate it. A full scale Replica of the Atanasoff-Berry was completed in 1997.]]> 2021-09-29 15:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1778517422 27mallons https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1778521405 IBM establishes the 650 as its first mass-produced computer, with the company selling 450 in just one year. Spinning at 12,500 rpm, the 650´s magnetic data-storage drum allowed much faster access to stored information than other drum-based machines.]]> 2021-09-29 15:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1778521405 27mallons https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781795115 The Control Data Corporation (CDC) 6600 performs up to 3 million instructions per second —three times faster than that of its closest competitor, the IBM 7030 supercomputer. The 6600 retained the distinction of being the fastest computer in the world until surpassed by its successor, the CDC 7600, in 1968.]]> 2021-09-30 15:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781795115 27mallons https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781805672 The banking industry rushed to adopt the machine, built to run during repair or expansion. The Tandem-16 eventually led to the “Non-Stop” series of systems, which were used for early ATMs and to monitor stock trades.]]> 2021-09-30 15:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781805672 27mallons https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781813090 Apple introduces the Macintosh with a television commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl, which plays on the theme of totalitarianism in George Orwell´s book 1984. The ad featured the destruction of “Big Brother” – a veiled reference to IBM -- through the power of personal computing found in a Macintosh. ]]> 2021-09-30 15:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/27mallons/u0takq85hgzy809k/wish/1781813090