Demand called for more than 12,000 of the 1401 computers, and the machine´s success made a strong case for using general-purpose computers rather than specialized systems. By the mid-1960s, nearly …

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The demand for high-quality video cards for personal computers grows throughout the 1990s as game companies create games with more complex audio-visual requirements. Founded by three former …

Hewlett-Packard is founded Computers 1939 Americans using teleprinters, World War II

Computers Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04; a Sharp-manufactured digital phone with integrated camera. The camera had a maximum resolution of 0.11 …

Although the computers generally can't connect to each other, these are the first common multi-user systems, with dozens of people online at the same time. As a result, timesharing pioneers many …

Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge construct the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC). EDSAC, a stored program computer, used mercury delay line …

3 days ago · On Now: Apple@50 We’re celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary at CHM with a new exhibit, exclusive interviews, digital stories, and special programs. Learn more. Enjoy special Apple-themed …