Telegraph 1844Transcontental Telegraph 1861Typewriter 1885 Linotype Typesetter 1888 Teletype 1920Telex 1948Electric Typewriter 1952Computer Line Printer 1965Electronic Type SetterSelectric Typewriter 1967Daisy Wheel Printer 1972Dot Matrix Printer 1978Laser Printer 1984InkJet Printer 1984PostScript Page Layout Language 1985
图像处理（Image Processing）Photography 1840Mathew Brady Photos of Civil War 1861-1865Facsimile Image Transmission 1871Electromechanical Image Transmission (Nipkov Disk) 1895All Electronic Image Transmission 1928Modern Black & White Television (RCA) 1936Consumer Color Photographic Film (Kodak) 1936Color Television Transmission (RCA) 1953Patent granted for See, Hear, Smell Helmet 1957Tape Recording of Television Signal (Ampex) 1958Color Ink Jet Printer 1986 Thermal Transfer Color Printer 1987
声音处理（Sound Processing）Mechanical Phonograph (Edison) 1870Telephone (Bell) 1876Transcontental Phone Service 1914Commercial AM Radio Broadcast 1915Commercial FM Broadcast 1928Stereo FM Broadcast 1949LP Record 33-1/3 rpm 1952Home Tape Recorder 1956Compact Disk (digital recording) 1982Macintosh II with Digital Sound 1989Sound Blaster Digital Sound for PC 1989
计算与控制（Computation and Control）Governor for Steam Engine 1790Jacquard Loom 1802Hollerith Punched Cards 1890COLLSUS Code Breaking ComputerEINIAC Electronic Computer 1945General Useage of IBM Commercial Systems 1955Altair Computer/Microsoft Founded 1975Apple I Computer 1976IBM Personal Computer 1981Apple Macintosh 1984IBM PC AT 286 Computer 1985Intel 386 Based Systems 1988Intel 486 Based Systems 1992Mosaic Web BrouserApple Power PC 1993Intel Pentium Systems 1994Netscape Web Brouser
Computer History Year/Enter Computer History Inventors/Inventions Computer History Description of Event 1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer. 1942 John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. 1944 Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark I Computer The Harvard Mark 1 computer. 1946 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer 20,000 vacuum tubes later... 1948 Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. 1947/48 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. 1951 John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. 1953 International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computer IBM enters into ’The History of Computers’. 1954 John Backus & IBM FORTRAN Computer Programming Language The first successful high level programming language. 1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as ’The Chip’ 1962 Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game The first computer game invented. 1964 Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. 1969 ARPAnet The original Internet. 1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world’s first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor The first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM The Floppy" Disk Nicknamed the Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking Networking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers. 1976/77 Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers More first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software Word Processors. 1981 IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer From an Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution 1981 Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System From Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. 1983 Apple Lisa Computer The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. 1984 Apple MacIntosh Computer The more affordable home computer with a GUI. 1985 Microsoft Windows Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.