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History of Computers

  • Abacus
  • Analog Computers
  • Napier's Bones
  • Pascaline / Pascal's Machine
  • Leibniz's Wheel / Step Reckoner
  • Jacquard's Loom
  • Analytical Engine and Difference Engine

1st Gen - Vacuum Tubes

  • ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator)
  • EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer)
  • EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)

Mass produced

  • UNIVAC-1 (Universal Automatic Computer 1)
  • IBM 650

2nd Gen - Transistors

  • IBM 7094
  • IBM 1620
  • IBM 1401

3rd Gen - IC Chips

  • IBM System/360
  • Honeywell 6000
  • PDP-8

4th Gen - LSI/VLSI Chips

  • Cray-I
  • IBM PC
  • Macintosh

5th Gen - ULSI Chips and Beyond

  • Param 1000
  • PDP-11
  • VAX series
  • Amiga series
  • Pentium 4
  • Current Computers
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