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Z1 Computer
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"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.
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Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
ERMA and MICRThe first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.
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Christopher HoweThis is a chart that shows a computers history and I believe that internet collaboration has been around sense the beginning.
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First freely programmable computer.
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No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers
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First commercial computer
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The first successful high level programming language.
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The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.
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The first microprocessor.
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Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
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The first consumer computers.
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Word Processors.
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The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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The more affordable home computer with a GUI.
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
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irst freely programmable computer.
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC ComputerFirst commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.
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1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004 Computer MicroprocessorThe first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM
The "Floppy" DiskNicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet Computer NetworkingNetworking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers. 1976/77 Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers More first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet SoftwareAny product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar SoftwareWord Processors. 1981 IBM
The IBM PC - Home ComputerFrom an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution 1981 Microsoft
MS-DOS Computer Operating SystemFrom "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. 1983 Apple Lisa Computer The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer The more affordable home computer with a GUI. 1985 Microsoft Windows Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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jimmy23List of Computer Events
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Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
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From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.
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The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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Steve Russell & MIT
Spacewar Computer GameThe first computer game invented.
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Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.
This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.
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Computer History
Year/EnterComputer History
Inventors/InventionsComputer History
Description of Event1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer. 1942 John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC ComputerWho was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. 1944 Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Harvard Mark I ComputerThe Harvard Mark 1 computer.
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Marie EksteenComputers
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Nevada BrookerTimeline of the first computer
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1948 Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams TubeBaby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. -
1947/48 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
The TransistorNo, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. -
1951 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC ComputerFirst commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. -
1953 International Business Machines
IBM 701 EDPM ComputerIBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. -
1954 John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming LanguageThe first successful high level programming language. -
<table width="95%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="2" cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr><td><p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><a rel="nofollow" href="inventors/bl_ERMA_Computer.htm">1955<br><br/> (In Use 1959)</a></b></font></p><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric<br><br/> <b><font color="#CC0000">ERMA and MICR</font></b></font></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.</font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080498.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1958</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">The Integrated Circuit</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Otherwise known as 'The Chip'</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa090198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1962</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Steve Russell & MIT</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Spacewar Computer Game</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first computer game invented.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1964</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Douglas Engelbart</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Computer Mouse & Windows</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa091598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1969</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">ARPAnet</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The original Internet.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100898.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1970</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Intel 1103 Computer Memory</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa092998.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1971</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Faggin, Hoff & Mazor</font></font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first microprocessor.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa110198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1971</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Alan Shugart &IBM</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">The "Floppy" Disk</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1973</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Robert Metcalfe & Xerox</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">The Ethernet Computer Networking</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Networking.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa120198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1974/75</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first consumer computers.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1976/77</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">More first consumer computers.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa010199.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1978</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa030199.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1979</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">WordStar Software</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Word Processors.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1981</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">IBM</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">The IBM PC - Home Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1981</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Microsoft</font></font><br><br/> <b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">MS-DOS Computer Operating System</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa043099.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1983</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Apple Lisa Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa051599.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1984</font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Apple Macintosh Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The more affordable home computer with a GUI.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080499.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">1985</font></font></font></a></b><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#CC0000"><font size="-1">Microsoft Windows</font></font></font></b></td><br/><br/> <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.</font></font></td><br/> </tr><br/><br/> <tr><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">SERIES</font></font><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">TO BE</font></font><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/><br/> <td><br/> <center><br/> <font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">CONTINUED</font></font><br/> </center><br/> </td><br/> </tr><br/> </tbody><br/> </table>
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"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.
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cjohnstonws"This series covers many of the major milestones in
computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of
personal home computers."-
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The Transistor
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Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and
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This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.
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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer -
First freely programmable computer.
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Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC ComputerFirst commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. 1953 International Business Machines
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC ComputerFirst commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. 1953 International Business Machines
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<div id="abc"><br/><div id="articlebody"><br/><table width="95%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" cellspacing="5"><br/><tbody><br/><tr><br/><td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#cc0000">ERMA and <br/>MICR</font></b></font></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana" size="2">The first bank industry computer - also MICR <br/>(magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.</font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080498.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1958</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Jack Kilby & Robert <br/>Noyce</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">The <br/>Integrated Circuit</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Otherwise known as 'The <br/>Chip'</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa090198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1962</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Steve Russell & <br/>MIT</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Spacewar <br/>Computer Game</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1"><br/><br/><div style="left: 0px; top: -23px;" id="87640f4ee321491fac8880c0e97dc1ba-0Icon" class="diigoIcon private TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon"></div>The first <br/>computer game<br/> <br/>invented.<br/></font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1964</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Douglas <br/>Engelbart</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Computer Mouse & Windows</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Nicknamed the mouse because the tail <br/>came out the end.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa091598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1969</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">ARPAnet</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The original <br/>Internet.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100898.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1970</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Intel 1103 <br/>Computer Memory</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The world's first available dynamic RAM <br/>chip.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa092998.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1971</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Faggin, Hoff <br/>& Mazor</font></font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1"><br/><br/><div style="left: 0px; top: -23px;" id="9c1172961ffd15edffc4de89e5ce8930-0Icon" class="diigoIcon private TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon"></div>The first <br/>microprocessor<br/>.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa110198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1971</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Alan Shugart <br/>&IBM</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">The "Floppy" Disk</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its <br/>flexibility.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1973</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Robert Metcalfe & <br/>Xerox</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">The <br/>Ethernet Computer Networking</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Networking.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa120198.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1974/75</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Scelbi & <br/>Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first consumer <br/>computers.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121598.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1976/77</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Apple I, II <br/>& TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">More first consumer <br/>computers.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa010199.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1978</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Dan Bricklin & Bob <br/>Frankston</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Any product that pays for itself in two <br/>weeks is a surefire winner.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa030199.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1979</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Seymour Rubenstein & Rob <br/>Barnaby</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">WordStar Software</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Word <br/>Processors.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1981</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">IBM</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">The IBM PC - Home <br/>Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">From an "Acorn" grows a personal <br/>computer revolution</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1981</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">Microsoft</font></font><br><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">MS-DOS Computer Operating <br/>System</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">From "Quick And Dirty" comes the <br/>operating system of the century.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa043099.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1983</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Apple Lisa <br/>Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The first home computer with a GUI, <br/>graphical user interface.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa051599.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">1984</font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Apple <br/>Macintosh Computer</font></font></font></b></td><br/><td><font face="Verdana"><font size="-1">The more affordable home computer with <br/>a GUI.</font></font></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><center><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080499.htm"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">1985</font></font></font></a></b></center></td><br/><td><b><font face="Verdana"><font color="#cc0000"><font size="-1">Microsoft 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"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.
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The History of Computers

"Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.
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Danny ScozzLots of information in a chart by year.
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Eden Bermantimeline of computers
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steinla1221It gives the timeline of Computer History. Tells Inventors/Inventions and a Description of the event.
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