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 The Abacus calculator is one of the

earliest human counting devices.
 The Abacus was used mostly for
merchants to keep track of their
inventory.
 Charles Babbage invented a steam-
powered calculating machine.
 The first modern computer device
that can solve math problems
automatically.
 Charles also later developed the use
of punch cards (1832).
 Invented by Charles, the analytical
engine also solved and printed
complex mathematical operations
(1832).
 First electronic digital computer.
 The Atanasoff-Berry Computer or the
ABC. The ABC was invented by John
Atanasoff and Clifford Berry.
 The first email was sent in 1971 by
Ray Tomlinson, a computer engineer.
 The content of the email consisted of
“something like QWERTYUIOP.” The
email was sent to another computer
sitting right beside it.
 Tomlinson is much better known as
the person who created the @ sign.
 First computer with graphic user
interface, a keyboard, mouse, and
removable data storage.
 Thousands of Altos were made. Many
of the Altos were given away, but
none were sold.
 The first Xerox Alto made cost around
$12,000 according to Charles
Thacker a lead engineer. As a
product it may have been $40,000.
 One of the first affordable home
computer and the first of its kind
invented by Steve Wozniak.
 It was able to be connected to a T.V.
for a monitor.
 The computer was released April 1st
1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve
Jobs.
 The first IBM could cost around 9
million dollars.
 It required an air-conditioned space
of a quarter quarter-acre. It took 60
people to run and kept loaded with
instructions.
 First portable computer with a 5 inch
display screen, a full sized keyboard,
and weighed 24 pounds.
 In 1983 Osborne announced that it
would produce another portable
computer compatible with IBM called
the “Vixen.”
 The company went into bankruptcy
as sales dropped and another
company made an IBM compatible
machine. Osborne Computers never
recovered the market for portable
microcomputers.
 The first modern laptop. Also the first
true laptop made by Apple.
 The 100 came with a built-in trackball
for controlling the cursor.
 The were two other models
PowerBook 140 and PowerBook 170
both higher-end than the PowerBook
100.
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