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The History of the Computer

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Sara Poirier

The document summarizes the history and development of early computers from the 1930s to the 1980s. It describes the Z1 as the first programmable computer created in 1936. The ABC developed from 1937-1942 was the first electronic digital computer. The EDSAC, introduced in 1949, was considered the first stored program electronic computer. The Osborne 1, released in 1981, was one of the earliest portable computers or laptops.

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The History Of The Computer By: Sara Poirier
First Programmable Computer The Z1 was created in Germany by Korad Zuse in 1936.
The Z1 The Z1 had a 64-word memory and a clock speed of 1Hz. To program the Z1 required that the user insert punch tape into a punch tape reader. All output was generated with punch tape.
The First Digital Computer The ABC (short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer) started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and Graduate Student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942.
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) The ABC was the first electronic digital computing device. Conceived in 1937, the machine was not programmable, but designed only to solve systems of linear equations.
The First Computer With RAM MIT introduces the Whirlwind machine March 8, 1955, a revolutionary computer that was the first digital computer with magnetic core RAM and real-time graphics.
The First Transistor Computer The TX-O (Transistorized Experimental computer) and first transistorized computer is demonstrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956.
The First Stored Program Computer The early British computer known as the EDSAC is considered to be the first stored program electronic computer.
The EDSAC The computer performed its first calculation on May 6, 1949 and was the computer that ran the first graphical computer game.
The First Minicomputer In 1960 Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) released its first of many PDP computers the PDP-1.
PDP-1 PDP (Programmable Data Processor) was a series of computers developed by digial. The PDP-1 was developed in 1960, had five-megacycle circuits, a magnetic core memory, and fully parallel processing with a computation rate of 100,000 additions per second.
The First Personal Computer In 1975 Ed Roberts coined the term personal computer when he introduced the Altair 8800.
The Micral The Micral is considered the be the first commercial non-assembly computer. The computer used the Intel 8008 processor and sold for $1,750 in 1973.
The First Workstation Although never sold the first workstation is considered to be the Xerox Alto, introduced in 1974.
The First Laptop The first portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, which was released on April 1981.
Osborne 1 The Osborne I was developed by Adam Osborne and weighed 24 pounds, had a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, two 5 1/4" floppy drives, and a modem.
The First PC Computer On April 7, 1953 IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first electric computer and first mass produced computer.
The 701 First introduced on April 7, 1953, the 701 was IBM's first electric computer and the first mass produced computer. The machine has 256 40-bit words of main memory and can perform 2,200 multiplications per second.
The First PC Clone The first PC clone was developed by Compaq, the "Compaq Portable" was release in March 1983 and was 100% compatible with IBM computers and software that ran on IBM computers.
The First Apple Computer Steve Wozniak designed the first Apple known as the Apple I computer in 1976.
The Apple 1 The Apple I ( Apple 1 ) is the first Apple computer and originally sold for $666.66. The computer kit was developed by Steve Wozniak in 1976 and contained a 6502 8-bit processor and 4 kb of memory, which was expandable to 8 or 48 kb using expansion cards.
Sources http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_Computer Google images
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The History of the Computer

  • 1. The History Of The Computer By: Sara Poirier
  • 2. First Programmable Computer The Z1 was created in Germany by Korad Zuse in 1936.
  • 3. The Z1 The Z1 had a 64-word memory and a clock speed of 1Hz. To program the Z1 required that the user insert punch tape into a punch tape reader. All output was generated with punch tape.
  • 4. The First Digital Computer The ABC (short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer) started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and Graduate Student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942.
  • 5. Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) The ABC was the first electronic digital computing device. Conceived in 1937, the machine was not programmable, but designed only to solve systems of linear equations.
  • 6. The First Computer With RAM MIT introduces the Whirlwind machine March 8, 1955, a revolutionary computer that was the first digital computer with magnetic core RAM and real-time graphics.
  • 7. The First Transistor Computer The TX-O (Transistorized Experimental computer) and first transistorized computer is demonstrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956.
  • 8. The First Stored Program Computer The early British computer known as the EDSAC is considered to be the first stored program electronic computer.
  • 9. The EDSAC The computer performed its first calculation on May 6, 1949 and was the computer that ran the first graphical computer game.
  • 10. The First Minicomputer In 1960 Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) released its first of many PDP computers the PDP-1.
  • 11. PDP-1 PDP (Programmable Data Processor) was a series of computers developed by digial. The PDP-1 was developed in 1960, had five-megacycle circuits, a magnetic core memory, and fully parallel processing with a computation rate of 100,000 additions per second.
  • 12. The First Personal Computer In 1975 Ed Roberts coined the term personal computer when he introduced the Altair 8800.
  • 13. The Micral The Micral is considered the be the first commercial non-assembly computer. The computer used the Intel 8008 processor and sold for $1,750 in 1973.
  • 14. The First Workstation Although never sold the first workstation is considered to be the Xerox Alto, introduced in 1974.
  • 15. The First Laptop The first portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, which was released on April 1981.
  • 16. Osborne 1 The Osborne I was developed by Adam Osborne and weighed 24 pounds, had a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, two 5 1/4" floppy drives, and a modem.
  • 17. The First PC Computer On April 7, 1953 IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first electric computer and first mass produced computer.
  • 18. The 701 First introduced on April 7, 1953, the 701 was IBM's first electric computer and the first mass produced computer. The machine has 256 40-bit words of main memory and can perform 2,200 multiplications per second.
  • 19. The First PC Clone The first PC clone was developed by Compaq, the "Compaq Portable" was release in March 1983 and was 100% compatible with IBM computers and software that ran on IBM computers.
  • 20. The First Apple Computer Steve Wozniak designed the first Apple known as the Apple I computer in 1976.
  • 21. The Apple 1 The Apple I ( Apple 1 ) is the first Apple computer and originally sold for $666.66. The computer kit was developed by Steve Wozniak in 1976 and contained a 6502 8-bit processor and 4 kb of memory, which was expandable to 8 or 48 kb using expansion cards.