mainframes and pc's
Mainframes were conceived from an idea from Charles Babbage, however it would be seventy years later. Under the direction of Howard Aiken in 1941 Harvard University developed the Mark I Calculator. Within five years the Mark I Calculator was outdone by the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) developed at the University of Pennsylvania. The ENIAC was introduced as the first digital computer, and could compute up to 5000 times faster than any previously introduced computer. The ENIAC did not go over well due to the high initial cost and the high ongoing m
" The Apple II was capable of color graphics, easy modem operation and became a common tool in many businesses. In the mid and late 1950's several milestones are reached in the computing industry. The BINAC helped to calculate the 1950's census which produced enough capital for J. IBM sales their first commercial computer, the first transistorized computer (TX-O) was completed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, development of two important computer programming languages Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) and List Processor (LISP. Many generations of PC's and mainframes lead up to the powerful computers that we are familiar with today. ) However, due to financial trouble again Eckert and Mauchly sold the UNIVAC to Remington Rand. It was 1975 when MITS Altair the first 8080 based kit computer was introduced followed by the Imsai 8080. ) Almost thirty years later the personal computer (PC) will start being introduced. Eckert and John Mauchly to begin work on the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC. There were few other models that showed up but it was the Apple II introduced in April of 1977 that was dubbed the first true "personal computer.
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