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Charles Babbage Anounces the Creation of the First Computer (ENIAC)
Charles Babbage creates and announces the first ever computer called the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) it filled an entire room and was limited on what it could do for example you could not play angry birds on it, it also could run only one program at a time and if you wanted to use a different program you would have to rewire it completely the eniac was not used in homes it was actually used in the army and navy -
Edmund Berkeley introduces the first home personal computer
Edmund Berkeley creaqted the very first personal home computer that he named Simon which had an influence on many other computers to follow that. Simon was not a real fancy computer it was a radio electronic it didnt even have a screen but if you're a fan of buttons you will love Simon but dont get it mixed up with the colorful button memory game Simon that was released in 1991 -
Edmond berkeley introduces the GENIAC
Edmund Berkeley does it again when he introduces the GENIAC in 1955 it was a big advancement to the Simon it had games like Tic-Tac-Toe and it had a calculater. -
healthkit introduces the HC-1
the healthkit EC-1 was an analog desktop that was produced by Healthkit it was real amazing or fancy but it cost less than $200 ($199) -
the SDC introduces the minivac 601
the minivac 601 was a relay computer but it wasnt a huge computer it had only 6 relays and was very affordable for computer nerds such as me -
the company DEC makes the pdp-8
created by steven gray it was a very expensive and personal computer it required a lot of perepheral in order for it to be useful at all and it was way too expensive for most people to own youd have to be as rich as bill gates to afford it -
imlac pds-1
the little known imlac pds-1 was the first personal graphics computer nuff said -
Hewlett Packard 9830A
the HP 9830A was pretty much a big calculator that you could use BASIC in ROM and only had 1KB of memory -
INTEL SIM-4
the intel sim-4 was the first microcomputer and had one board which was simpler than the other computers that had hundreds of boards that plugged into specific places -
Xerox Alto
the Xerox alto was the most innovative computer design because it had a mouse a keyboard and a GUI -
MITS Altair 8800
the mits altair 8800 was the first computer to be produced in a fairly high quantity and is often mistakingly called the first personal computer by microsoft -
IBM 5100 prtable computer
the IBM 5100 was the first portable computer ever made but it was way too expensive for most people costing $9,000-$20,000 -
apple 1
the apple 1 was the first highly succesful mass producing computer and the first macintosh computer created by steve jobs and steve wozniak -
IBM 5150 PC
the IBM 5150 was the first computer to actually be called a PC which was IBM's only innovation (see mr. regeir i did learn something in class) but they sold a lot of this model of computer -
the famous commadore 64
the commadore 64 was one of the most popular fisrt computer to have BASIC coding and it allowed families to make thier own games on it such as checkers and soduko and lots of other games it was huge in the computer industry and it was very popular in its time -
chromebooks (cont.)
(sorry ran out of room in the other one) as i was saying chromebooks are useful for travelers because they are small and light and they are easy to use if you know a thing or two about computers. they were made by google teaming up with several different companies such as samsung acer and asus they made lots of computers that are used in many schools and they are very slick -
chromebooks
i realize that i put a big jump in this time line (almost thirty years) but if i would have kept putting computers throuout the years between the commodore 64 and the chromebooks i would have had a much larger timeline due to al the contributions in the computer industry from microsoft and apple and so many other companies but chromebooks are what i thought would be the best fitting ending to this timeline seeing as how this timeline was made on a chromebook but they are useful for travelers...
