https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc Made with a warm hug en-us 2021-09-28 13:41:10 UTC 2021-09-29 13:03:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 27truittm https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777881064 "In 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completes this calculator, designed by scientist George Stibitz. In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College. "]]> 2021-09-29 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777881064 27truittm https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777897222 One of the first commercially produced computers, the company´s first customer was the US Navy. The 1101, designed by ERA but built by Remington-Rand, was intended for high-speed computing and stored 1 million bits]]> 2021-09-29 12:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777897222 27truittm https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777909667 The typical PDP-1 computer system, which sells for about $120,000, includes a cathode ray tube graphic display, paper tape input/output, needs no air conditioning and requires only one operator;]]> 2021-09-29 12:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777909667 27truittm https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777917667 The 470V/6 was the company’s first product and ran the same software as IBM System/370 computers but cost less and was smaller and faster.]]> 2021-09-29 13:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777917667 27truittm https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777929107 Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer as the successor to the Commodore PET personal computer. Intended to be a less expensive alternative to the PET, the VIC-20 was highly successful, becoming the first computer to sell more than a million units. ]]> 2021-09-29 13:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/27truittm/y1rbw57kn2pdzzrc/wish/1777929107