History of Computer Technology

  • HP 200A Audio Oscillator

    David Packard and Bill Hewlett created the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which was used as a speaker
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    History of Computer Technology

  • The Z3

    The Z3 was built by Konrad Zuse a German engineer and was used for aerodynamic calculations
  • ENIAC

    the ENIAC computing system was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and was 1000 times faster than the other computers
  • Cybernetics

    A book is written by Norbert Wiener called Cybernetics and causes a lot of interest into artificial intelligence
  • CSIRAC

    The CSIRAC was the first computer in Australia and could play a few songs
  • Image Scanned on SEAC

    The first mage is scanned on the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC)
  • Card Random Access Memory (CRAM)

    CRAM was used for secondary storage and each CRAM deck of 256 cards recorded about 5.5 MB.
  • Shakey the Robot

    Shakey the Robot was the first robot controlled by artificial intelligence and moved 2 meters/hour
  • Model 400 and Model 800

    Atari created these two computers. The Model 400 was used as a game console, while the Model 800 was used more as a personal home computer
  • Sinclair ZX80

    This very small home computer is available in the UK as a kit for £79 or pre-assembled for £99. there were 50,000 units sold in Britain
  • VIC 20

    Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer it was less expensive than other computers and was the first computer to sell more than 1 million units.
  • Photoshop

    Photoshop was created by brothers John and Thomas Knoll. It was an image editing program and the most popular software program published by Adobe Systems
  • The Matrix

    The Matrix featured cutting edge computer-generated visual effects, and popularized 'bullet-time", which was a camera technique
  • Nintendo Wii

    The Wii is a game console that opened up a whole new way of gaming
  • IPhone X

    The IPhone X and IPhone 8 were introduced in 2017 with a face recognition feature