Computer history
- 1. COMPUTER HISTORY By Hayden Heckenkemper & Sadie Abraham 1
- 2. Introduction Today we will skim over some highlights of computer history. We hope that you enjoy and that you learn something new.
- 3. The Beginning (1937) • The 1st computer was called the “Model K” adder because it was made on a kitchen table. • The same year in Germany, engineer Konrad Zuse built his Z2 computer. 3
- 4. Hewlett-Packard is founded (1939) • David Packard and Bill Hewlett founded their company in a Palo Alto, California garage. • The 1st product was the HP 200A audio oscillator , quickly became a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. • Walt Disney pictures ordered 8 of the 200B model. 4
- 5. The Complex Number Calculator(CNC) is completed (1940) • Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator which was designed by George Stibitz (1939). • Stibitz performed calculations remotely on the CNC, located in New York City, and stunned the group. • This is likely to be the first example of remote access computing.
- 6. Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer(1941) • An early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse(the Z3) is working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere. • Zuse supervised the reconstruction of the Z3 in the 1960’s, which is now on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
- 8. Ferranti Mark I sold (1951) • The title of the first commercially available general-purpose computer goes to Ferranti Mark I computer to Manchester University. • A British government contract spurred its initial development but a change in government led to loss of funding and the second and only other Mark I was sold at a major loss to the University of Toronto.
- 9. ERA 1101 introduced(1950) • One of the first commercially produced computers customers was the U.S. navy. • The 1101, designed by by ERA but built by Remington-Rand, was intense for high-speed computing. • Many of the 1101’s basic architectural details will be used again in the 1960s later by Remington-Rand.
- 10. IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator introduced (1954) • IBM establishes the 650 as its first mass-produced computer, the company sold 450 in just one year • It spun at 12,500 rpm’s (revolutions per minute)the 650s magnetic data storage drum allowed access to stored info much quicker than other drum fixed machines
- 11. NEAC 2203 (1960) An early transistorized computer, the NEAC ( Nippon Electric Automatic Computer)
- 13. Amdahl 740 is introduced(1970) It was the companies first product and ran the same software as the IBM
- 14. VIC-20 is introduced(1980) Commodore release the VIC-20 home computer as the successor to the Commodore PET
- 15. Intel’s Touchstone Delta Supercomputer(1990) Caltech researches used this model early on. For AIDS research.
- 16. First Camera phone is introduced(2000) Japan’s SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone
- 17. Apple Retina display is Released(2010) In 2012 , Apple introduced the Retina display for the MacBook Pro Laptop and iPad Tablet.
- 18. Apple Watch(2015) Building a Computer into a watch has been attempted many times before but as recently a success by Apple.
- 19. Conclusion Thank you for letting us teach you about some main parts of computer history. We hope that you walk away with something new that you never knew before.
- 20. Sources 1) http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/19 40/ 2) http://history- computer.com/ModernComputer/Relays/Sti bitz.html 3) http://ethw.org/First- Hand:The_Navy_Codebreakers_and_Their _Digital_Computers_- _Chapter_2_of_the_Story_of_the_Naval_T actical_Data_System