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. ThingLink. “Facts about the first computer by sophia.” ThingLink, www.thinglink.com/scene/721919804142780416. negros oriental state university Follow. “History of computer.” LinkedIn SlideShare, 17 Nov. 2015, www.slideshare.net/jemar13/history-of-computer-55189930. “History of Computers Ghulam Murtaza CSCS100 - Fall 2008.” SlidePlayer, slideplayer.com/slide/9180387/. Akash Pal, Student at JIS College of Engineering Follow. “1. history of computers.” LinkedIn SlideShare, 14 June 2014, www.slideshare.net/AkashPal2/1-history-of-computers. ThingLink. “Facts about the first computer by sophia.” ThingLink, www.thinglink.com/scene/721919804142780416. “Ancient Computers.” Pinterest, 3 Feb. 2012, www.pinterest.com/pin/217298750740463392/. “Computer History Museum.” Xerox Alto, www.computerhistory.org/revolution/input-output/14/347.
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