History of computers by Regan Bailey

1930's Model K

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he built it on his Kitchen table

That same year in Germany, engineer Konrad Zuse built his Z2 computer, also using telephone company relays.

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Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference

first example of remote access computing.

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One of the first commercially produced computers

stored 1 million bits on its magnetic drum

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sells for about $120,000

needs no air conditioning and requires only one operator

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Gene Amdahl, father of the IBM System/360

The 470V/6 was the company’s first product

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by the time it was discontinued in 1993, it had sold more than 22 million units

The C64 sells for $595

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less than 2,000 machines were produced

stopped producing hardware in 1997

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introduces the first camera phone

released a flip phone just a month either

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a computer into a watch

Almost a million units were ordered on the day of release