I have a uni assignement on the topic ofsuccesses and failures : computing before 1980 . However when I do a google search 99% of material is 1980 and beyond . Anyone got any useful tis o infoto help me out , much appreciated :)
2007-10-24 17:16:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
There's some good information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware including references and external links.
2007-10-24 17:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a history of computers.
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
With all due respect to other answerer, I wouldn't use any information from Wikipedia because anyone can edit it.
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I believe personal computers became available about 1980 or 81. I was working at a university at the time and we got our first PC in 1983. No hard drive. Two 8" drives which used 8" floppies. The program floppy was inserted in one drive and a work floppy in the other. What excitement overcame the office when we got our first hard drive - 10mb!
2007-10-25 00:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You really need to get a copy of "The Mythical Man-Month" and read it three times. It's about the development of the third-generation IBM mainframes.
When you search, do your searches on "History of Computing"
2007-10-25 00:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AppleI - 1976
AppleII-1977
Atari
Comodore 64
2007-10-25 00:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use wikipedia.
2007-10-25 00:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by generator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋