1. History of Computing This is a timeline of computing history from1936 to 2013 19362013

2.  1936- The Z1, originally created by Konrad zuse was the first programmable computer  1937-the ABC started being developed by Professor john Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry  1939- Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP  1941- The Bombe was created  1942- The ABC is completed  1943- Relay lay computer is finished  1944- Harvard Mark-1 is completed designed and built by IBM  1945- first computer bug found on a computer  1946- IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed scientific data in public display

3.  1952- Heinz Nixdorf founded Nixdorf Computer Corp  1953-IBM shipped its first electronic computer  1954- The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator established itself as the first mass-produced computer  1956- MIT researchers built the TX-0, the first general- purpose, programmable computer  1958- SAGE linked hundreds of radar stations in the United States and Canada in the first large-scale computer communications network  1959- IBM´s 7000 series mainframes were the company´s first transistorized computers  1965- England´s first commercial computer, the Lyons Electronic Office, solved clerical problems  1962- The LINC offered the first real time laboratory data processing

4.  1964- CDC´s 6600 supercomputer, designed by Seymour Cray, performed up to 3 million instruction per second  1965- Commodore Business Machines (CBM) is founded  1965- Digital Equipment Corp. introduced the PDP-8, the first commercially successful minicomputer  1966- The Department of Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency helps build a large parallel processing computer, the ILLIAC IV  1968- The Apollo Guidance Computer made its debut orbiting the Earth on Apollo 7  1970- The Kenbak-1, the first personal computer, advertised for $750 in Scientific American. RCA was founded in 1919 to make vacuum tubes for radio, then a new invention

5.  1973- The TV Typewriter, designed by Don Lancaster, provided the first display of alphanumeric information on an ordinary television set  1974- Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre designed the Alto — the first work station with a built-in mouse for input  1975- Xerox closes its computer division, Most of the rights to the machines were sold to Honeywell  1976- Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I, a single-board computer With specifications in hand and an order for 100 machines at $500 each from the Byte Shop, he and Steve Jobs got their start in business  197- The Cray I made its name as the first commercially successful vector processor. The fastest machine of its day  1977- The Commodore PET the first of several personal computers released in 1977

6.  1977- The Apple II became an instant success when released in 1977 with its printed circuit motherboard, switching power supply, keyboard, case assembly, manual, game paddles, A/C power cord, and cassette tape with the computer game "Breakout”  1983- Thinking Machines is founded. Thinking Machines Corporation (TMC) was formed by MIT graduate student Danny Hillis  1984- Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface  1985- Commodore’s Amiga 1000 is released  1987- IBM introduced its PS/2 machines  1992- Gates' Microsoft Corp. released Windows 3.1

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