Wednesday, January 30, 2008

History of The Computer




In 1939 Hewlett-Packard is founded by the Hewlett brothers in their garage. In 1941 Konrad Zuse completes the Z3 computer. In 1943 during world war 2 the very first flight similator was built. In1946 the public is introduced the ENIAC. In 1948 IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator is created. In 1949 the EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, is completed. In 1952 John von Neumann´s IAS computer is created. In 1954 the IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator is established as the first mass produced computer. In 1985 the Amiga 1000 is released to the public. In 1989 intel releases the 80486 microprocessor. In 1994 the Iomega Zip Disk is released.

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