Computers --------- Acorn Archimedes Altos Computer Systems Altos 586 Amdahl 470/V6 mainframe Amstrad CPC464, 64k ram Amstrad CPC664 Amstrad CPC6128 came with CP/M Amstrad PC1512 (1986) intel 8086 6 mhz cpu, 512K ram Amstrad PPC512 Amstrad PC1640 Amstrad Mega PC (1993) Apple II (1977) 6502 cpu, 280x192 res, 40x24 text Apple Lisa (1983) 720x364 graphics Apple Newton (May 1992) Applied Technology Microbee Atari 2600 (Oct 1977) Atari 400 (1979) 6502 cpu, bubble membrane keyboard Atari 800 Atari 600XL Atari 1200XL (1982) Atari 65XE (1985) Atari ST (1985) Atari Transputer Workstation (1988) Unix-like "Helios" OS Atari Falcon (1992) 4 megs of ram, expandable to 14 megs Atari Portfolio (1989) AT&T 3B1 68010 cpu, Unix v3.51, MFM hard drive AT&T 3B2/200 desktop AT&T 6300 (rebadged Olivettti M24) intel 8086 cpu, 640x400 res BBC Micro Bendix G-15 (1956) Burroughs B200 (1967) Burroughs B205 Burroughs B5500 (1964) Burroughs B80 (1978) Cadmus 9000 CDC 924 CDC 160A 12-bit minicomputer (1962) 8192 words of magnetic core storage CDC 1604 48-bit computer CDC 6400 (1966) CDC 6600 (1964) 60-bit words, 128K words, dual crt vector display, SCOPE OS, used 150 KWs weighed 12,000 pounds or 6 tons, over 100 sold, mainframe CDC 3200 (1963) CDC 3300 (1965) CDC 3600 (June 1963) core memory, used FORTRAN, COBOL, and ALGOL CDC 3800 CDC 7600 (1969) CDC 8600 CDC STAR-100 (1974) CDC Cyber 73 (1975) CDC Cyber 170 (1977) CDC Cyber 250 (1987) CDC 110 CP/M (1981) 64k ram, 4 mhz z80 cpu, 512x512 graphics, 80x24 text similar to Tektronic 4010 or 4014 terminal with graphics option CDC Viking 721 CDC Cyber 2000 (1989) Cobalt Networks Cobalt Qube 2700 Red Hat Linux Coleco Adam z80 cpu, 80k ram 256x192, CP/M (sold in Consumers Distributing $788) Columbia Data Products MPC 1600 (first clone of IBM PC) 1982, floppy interface on motherboard Commodore KIM-1 (1976) 6502 cpu, 1K of ram (1152 bytes) Commodore PET 2001 6502 (Jan 1977, Shipped Oct 1977) used MOS 6550 memory chips 73 key chiclet keyboard, 40x25 text, built in cassette deck Commodore Vic-20 (1980) 23x22 text 176x184 graphics 66 keys Commodore SuperPet (1981) designed in Canada Commodore 64 (Aug 1982) 6510 cpu, 40x25 text 320x200 16 colours Commodore SX-64 (1984) portable C64 Commodore Plus/4 (1984) 40x25 text 320x200 121 colours Commodore 16 (1984) Commodore 128 (Jan 1985) 640x200 graphics, 80x25 & 80x50 text, z80 & 8502 cpus Commodore LCD (1985) Rare, very few exist, 80x16 text, monochrome, 65C02, 300 baud modem Commodore B128 (1982) Commodore 900 (prototype) Z8000 cpu, ran Coherent, announced in 1985, 500 units made Commodore Amiga 1000 (Sept 1985) Commodore Amiga 500 (512K memory expandable to 9 megs) 7.16 mhz 68000 cpu, 640x200 res, 95 key keyboard, 16 colours in 640x200 mode Commodore Amiga 600 Commodore Amiga 1200 (Oct 1992) 2 meg ram, 14 mhz cpu Commodore Amiga 2000 Commodore Amiga 3000 (June 1990) $3,379, has Analog VGA and Analog RGB, 68030 cpu Commodore Amiga 3000UX (Amiga 3000 with Amix, Unix System V) Commodore Amiga 4000 (1992) Motorola 68EC030 or 68040 cpu 25 MHz, 640x480 (VGA) Commodore Amiga 4000T Commodore PC60 386 25mhz Compaq EVO N600c Compuduct Rainbow (Canadian, Markham Ontario) 198?, z80a cpu Computhink Minimax Corvus Systems Concept (1982) 68000 cpu Cray Research Cray-1 Cray Research Cray J90 Cromemco Z-1 (1977) front panel, 22 slots, 4 mhz z80 cpu, 8k ram, 80x25 text, S100 bus Cromemco Z-2 z80 Cromemco C-3 z80 Cromemco C-10 (1982) Cromemco CS-100 (1985) 68000 cpu 512K Unix 5.25" floppy drive, Cromix OS CTC Datapoint 2200 (June 1970) used cassette tapes, 80x12 display, discrete TTL components Data General Nova 3 (1975) DEC PDP-1 (1960) vector graphics, 18-bit word size DEC PDP-5 DEC PDP-6 1024x1024 position oscilliscope display DEC PDP-7 (1965) 18-bit computer DEC PDP-8 (1965) 12-bit computer runs OS/8 ($18,000) first mass produced mini computer DEC LINC-8 (1966) ($46,000) DEC PDP-10 36-bit computer (original zork) max ram 8192 kilowords DEC PDP-11/05 (1973) core memory DEC PDP-11/20 DEC PDP-11/45, Unibus DEC PDP-11/70, March 1975, Unibus DEC PDP-11/73 DEC PDP-11/83 DEC PDP-12 DEC PDP-15 18-bit cpu DECmate (July 1977) Intersil 6100 cpu emulated PDP-8 (can run OS/8) DECmate II DECmate III (1984) DEC VAXmate (1986) 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU with 1 Mbyte of RAM, a 1.2 MB RX33 5ΒΌ-inch floppy disk drive DEC VT180 z80 CP/M DEC Rainbow 100 (1981) DEC System-20 (used for early cube programs) DEC Professional 300 Series Computer (1983) DEC Professional 325 (PRO-325) DEC Professional 350 (PRO-350) PDP-11 compatible, LK201 keyboard (uses VR201 monitor) DEC Professional 380 (PRO-380) J11 chip (like PDP-11/73) DEC VAXmate (Sept 1986) DECstation 78 (wp systems based on pdp-8) DECstation 5000 MIPS (1992) DECstation 450dx2 (486) DEC Multia (1994) DEC MicroVAX 3100 DEC MicroVAX 3900 (1989) Dell GX110 Dragon Data Dragon 32 (clone of TRS-80 Color Computer) Dragon Data Dragon 64 Eagle Computers Eagle II (z80 4 mhz) CP/M, two 5.25" floppy drives Enterprise Computers Enterprise (1985) z80 (British) Elektronika BK-0010 Russian computer (1985) KP1801BM1 CPU (DEC-clone) Elektronika MK-85 Elektronika MK-90 Russian pocket computer Elektronika-60 (Clone of DEC LSI-11) Elliott Brothers 803 (1960) transistorised, bit-serial machine Elliott Brothers 4100 (1966) vector graphics with light pen Epson HX-20 (1983) Considered to be the first laptop, micro-cassette drive Epson PX-8 laptop micro-cassette tape drive, z80 cpu Epson QX-10 (1983) CP/M 4 mhz Exidy Sorcerer (1978) Zilog Z80, 2.106 MHz (later 4 MHz) 4k of ram external expansion chassis for S-100 cards Ferranti Pegasus (1959) Franklin Computer Corp Ace 1000 Franklin Computer Corp Ace 1200 (6502 cpu) General Electric GE-225 General Electric GE-645 (ran Multics) General Electric GE-655 General Electric Workmaster (XT Clone, rebrand of IBM 5155) General Precision LGP-21 (used papertape) General Precision LGP-30 GRid Systems Corp GRiD Compass 1101 (1982 first laptop?) Harvard Mark I (1944) electro-mechanical computer built by IBM Heathkit H-11A (kit computer based on PDP-11) Heathkit H-8 (kit computer with proprietary bus, 8 slots) intel 8080 Heathkit H-89 (1979) 12" monochrome, 80x24 text, z80 2 mhz cpu, 5.25" disk drive Hewlett Packard Model 85A (1980) 16k ram, 5" CRT, 32x16 text 256x192 graphics, BASIC Hewlett Packard HP-75 Portable Computer (1983) 32-character LCD Hewlett Packard HP 110 (May 1984) Hewlett Packard HP 150 (1983) 8088 cpu 720x378 msdos 2.0 touch-screen Hewlett Packard 9000 model 360 (68030 33 mhz) Hewlett Packard 2100 minicomputer Honeywell 800 (1958) Honeywell 200 (1960s) Honeywell 316 (1969) Honeywell DDP-516 Honeywell 716 Honeywell 6180 IBM 610 (1957) Auto-Point Computer, console is ibm 973, used paper tape - 2 inch CRT IBM 650 (1954) IBM 701 (1952) IBM 702 IBM 704 (1954) IBM 705 IBM 709 (1958) vaccuum tubes IBM AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central (1958) IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (Dec 1954) IBM 1130 (1965) first APL machine? magnetic core memory 32,768 16-bit words - used 2250 terminal IBM 1620 (1959) 1 Mhz, Paper Tape reader/punch IBM 7090 (Nov 1959) early Transistor computer 36-bit word length, 32K word memory - core memory, used in Mission Control during Moon Landing IBM 7094 (Sept 1962) ran IBSYS, had Cobol and Fortran compilers - Memory size: 32K 36-bit words IBM 1401 (1959) IBM 1410 (1960) IBM 1460 (1964) IBM System/360 Model 30 (1965) IBM System/360 Model 67 (1967) IBM 5100 Sept 1975 Palm cpu, 5" CRT, 64x16 text, BASIC and APL available IBM 5110 1978 IBM 5120 1980 two 8-inch 1.2 MB floppy disk drives, 9-inch monitor IBM 5150 (PC) 1981, with IBM 5152 keyboard 256K ram, 5 isa slots IBM 5322 (1981) System/23 Datamaster, intel 8085 cpu IBM 5160 (1983) XT, 8 isa slots IBM 5155 Portable 1984, 9 inch amber display IBM 5170 (1984) AT, 286 6 mhz cpu IBM 5140 Portable (1986) Intel 80C88 @ 4.77 mhz IBM 5271 IBM 4860 (PCjr) Intel 8088 IBM 7437 ran VM/SP?? (1989) IBM 9370 (1986) ran VM/SP+VM/IS "baby mainframe" IBM DisplayWriter 6580 IBM 6360 (8" dual floppy disk drive for Displayerwriter) IBM 6150 (IBM RT 1986) IBM 2121-M82 PS/1 (Intel 386) IBM 5320 S/36 IBM 5364 System/36 PC IBM 3081 IBM 3083 (1982) IBM CS-9000 (1982) 68000 cpu 8 mhz IBM 4331 (1979) System/370 IBM 4341 (1979) 16 megs of ram (System/370 running VM/SP 3.1) 24-bit addressing 32-bit registers IBM 4381 (1983) System/370 extended architecture (XA) IBM 3090 (1985) IBM 7060 (for VM/ESA)? IBM Palm Top PC 110 IBM Personal Computer 300GL (slot 1, p3 400 mhz) IBM Eququest 35 (1993) IBM P70 PS/2 IBM PS/2 Model 95 IBM Thinkpad 700C, MCA bus IBM Thinkpad 380ED IBM Thinkpad 380Z IBM Thinkpad R30 Type 2656 IBM Thinkpad R51 IBM RS/6000 44P-170 Power 3-II cpu IBM PS/2E (IBM 9533) first Energy Star compliant PC, 50 MHz IBM 486SLC processor IMS IMSAI 8080 (1975) IMS IMSAI VDP-80 Intel MCS-4-based SIM4 (1972) first microcomputer Intel Intellec-8 development system (system used to develop CP/M) International Computers and Tabulators ICT 1301 (1962) Intertec Data Systems SuperBrain II 64K CP/M 80x24 display Intelligent Systems Corp Compucolor Corp 8001 Compucolor I (1975, Intel 8080) 8K vram, 160x192 (1977 price: $2595) Intelligent Systems Corp Compucolor Corp 8051 Compucolor II (1977) 128x128 Compucolor OS $1500 with one 5.25 floppy drive and 8k ram colours: red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white used an 13" GE colour TV for display cpu Intel 8080A, text modes 40x24, 64x32 ribbon cable used on keyboard Intelligent Systems Corp Intecolor 8110 8K Intelligent Systems Corp Intecolor 3621 (1979) 128x128 graphics, 64x32 text, 13" screen Intelligent Systems Corp Intecolor 8963 CP/M Linus Technologies Linus 1000 Write-Top Mattel Aquarius (june 1983) z80 cpu Mattel Aquarius II (1984) Megatel Quark 100 (1984) z80 cpu MIT TX-0 (1953) with Flexowriter printer MIT LINC (Laboratory INstrument Computer) memory 1024 12-bit words, expandable to 2048 MIT Whirlwind (1951) 256x256 graphics, needed 1 megawatt of power, flexowriter MITS Altair 8800 (1975) Intel 8080, front panel, S-100 bus peripherals available: Merlin Video Interface, 160H x 100V resolution MITS Altair 8800B, S-100 bus MITS Altair 680 (6800 based cpu) 680 bus Minivac 601 (1961) Digital Computer Kit Micro Computer Machines MCM/70 (Canadian based in Toronto) APL Micro Computer Machines MCM/800 (16k ram) Intel 8008 Micro Computer Machines MCM/900 Micromind (1977) Motorola 88000 RISC MOS KIM-1 6502 (1976) Midwest Scientific Instruments MSI 6800 Computer Nabu 1100 CP/M (Canadian Ottawa) z80 cpu, S-100 based, wooden case Nabu 1200 (Intel 8086 cpu) 512k of memory, 4 serial ports, an 80 track (720k) floppy drive runs Xenix, CP/M-86, Qunix NCR Decision Mate V (1984) hybrid MSDOS CP/M system 576x432 resolution NCR PC4 (1985) Intel 8088 NCR PC6 NCR PC8 286 8 mhz (1986) 640x400 resolution Nelma Electronics Ltd Nelma Persona 100 CP/M (Canadian, designed by Jose Laraya) NEC PC-6000 NEC PC-8000 (Intel 8086) 8" dsdd disk drives, CP/M-86 NEC PC-9801 NeXT NeXTcube (1988) 68040 cpu Non-Linear Systems KayPro II z80 (1982) Non-Linear Systems KayPro 10 Non-Linear Systems KayPro 386 Nuclear Data Inc ND 812 (12-bit computer) 8192 words, teletype interface Ohio Scientific Challenger II Ohio Scientific Challenger III (triple cpu: 6502A, 6800, Z80) Olivetti M20 Personal Computer (1982) Zilog Z8001 512x256 graphics Olivetti M380/C (Pandora Project) Olivetti M24 (1983) Ontel OP-1 Onyx 8002 (1981?) Z8000 cpu, first micro to run Unix Osbourne Computer Corp Osbourne 1 MkII Osbourne Computer Corp Vixen (z80) 1984 Panasonic Sr. Partner (first Japanese IBM clone) 1983 Panasonic Exec Partner (8086 cpu 7.16 mhz) Panasonic JR-200 (1983) 36k ram, composite video Pinnacle Systems Inc Pinnacle (1985) 68000 cpu 12 mhz Polymorphic Systems Poly 88 (1976) 8080A 2 Mhz, 32x16 text, cassette drive Processor Technology Corp Sol-20 (Intel 8080) 1977 used North Star floppy drives Psion Organizer I (1984) 8-bit Hitachi 6301-family processor Psion Organizer II (1986) First usable PDA? Psion MC-600 (80C86) 1989 Quasar HHC (Hand-Held Computer) R2E Corp Micral N (1973) Intel 8008, first micro? RCA Cosmac (1977) 64x128 single board computer, hexadecimal keyboard, 1802 cpu RCA 501 (1959) Regnecentralen RC 702 Piccolo (1980) Remington Rand Univac I (1951) 1000 words of 12 characters for memory Rockwell AIM-65 (6502 cpu) kit 1K ram, audio cassette interface Sac State 8008 Sage II CP/M (1982) 68000 cpu Sage IV (68000 cpu) 5.25 floppy drive Sanyo Plus MBC-1000 Z80A 64K 4Mhz Sanyo MBC-555 (1983) IBM compatible SCELBI-8H Intel 8008 (1974) Scientific Data Systems SDS 930 (1964) Scientific Data Systems SDS 940 (1966) Sega SC 3000 (1983) NEC D780C-1 (Z80A clone) 3.58 mhz Sega Teradrive (1991) Sharp MZ80K (z80 cpu) Sharp X1 (z80 cpu) 64K ram Sharp PC-1210 Sharp PC-1250 (1983) Pocket Computer Sharp PC-1500 7x156 resolution, single 26-character line of text Sharp PC-1500A Sharp PC-5000 (1983) Early Laptop Intel 8088 Sharp PC-7000 (1985) dual 5.25" drives Sharp PC-4641 Laptop (1989) 640x400 40 meg hard drive Sharp X68000 (1987) runs Human68k an msdos clone, 2 5.25" floppy drives Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D (2001) Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 (2002) Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1 ShinLee Corp Synco GPC 100 (z80a 4mhz cpu) Taiwanese computer CP/M 2x RS-232 Sinclair Research Sinclair ZX80 1K ram, 22x32 text Sinclair Research Sinclair ZX81 Sinclair BASIC, cassette drive Sinclair QL Sirius Computer Victor 9000/Sirius 1 (1982), Intel 8088 4 mhz cpu, 80x25, 132x50 monochrome graphics 800x400, CP/M 86, MS DOS Southwest Technical Products M6800 2K memory Sphere Corp Sphere System (1975 price $860) M6800 uses tv as a monitor 32x16 text, cassette deck Sphere Corp System 340 Sperry Rand Univac III (1962) BOSS operating system, transistor based Sperry Rand Univac 1100/80 Sperry Rand Univac 1101 Sperry Rand Univac 1103 Sperry Rand Univac 418-I (1963) Sperry Rand Univac 418-II (1964) Sperry Rand Univac 9400 (1965) Sperry Rand Univac 418-III (1969) Sperry Rand Univac 494 (1969) core memory Sun Sparcstation 20 125MHz 256Mb 9Gb disk Symbolics 3600 Synertek SYM-1 (6502 cpu) Systems Research Inc SRI-500 Tangerine Computer Systems Microtan 65 (6502 cpu) TRS-80 Model 1 (August 1977) z80 1.77 mhz cpu 200,000 units sold, RCA b&w tv, 128x48 monochrome graphics, 4k to 48K ram TRS-80 Model 2 (May 1979) $3499 4 mhz z80 cpu, 8" floppy drive, TRS DOS TRS-80 Model 3 (1981) 2.03 mhz z80 cpu, two 5.25" floppy drives TRS-80 Model 4 (1983) 4 mhz z80 cpu, 80x24 text, 64k to 128k ram, TRS-DOS 6 CP/M Plus option for $150 TRS-80 Model 12 (1985) $3499 TRS-80 Model 16 (1985) 6 MHz, 16-bit Motorola 68000, 4 mhz z80 cpu, $4699 runs TRS-Xenix TRS-80 Model 100 (1983) early portable computer 80C85 cpu, 240x64 LCD, can be expanded via disk/video interface with 40x25 text on tv and 80x25 on monitor TRS-80 Color Computer 1 (1980 Motorola 6809 cpu) TRS-80 Color Computer 2 (1983) TRS-80 Color Computer 3 (1986) 640x192 res TRS-80 Micro Color Computer MC-10 (1984 Motorola 6803 cpu) TRS-80 Pocket Computer-1 Tandy 1000 (1984) Intel 8088 cpu Tandy 1000TX (1988) 286 8 mhz Tandy 2000 (1985) $4250 (80186 8 mhz cpu) Tandy 4000 (1988) 386 16 mhz cpu Tandy 6000 (1986) $5499 (also in the 1987 and 1988 catalogs for $3499) 8" floppy drive, z80 and 68000 cpus, 80x24 text, 512K or 1 meg ram, core version of TRS-Xenix Tandy 600 (1986) Portable Tandy 4000 (1987) Tandy 5000MC (1989) Microchannel clone, $4999 Tandy 2500 386 SX/33 (1994) Tandy 3100 486 SX/33 (1994) Tandy Zoomer PDA (1995) Tektronix 4051 (1975) Motorola 6800 cpu 11" monitor, BASIC in rom, 8k to 32k ram base price $5995, vector? Tektronix 4052 Tektronix 4054 4096x3125 graphics, base price $16,500 Tektronix 4406 (1985) Motorola 68020 TeleVideo TS-802 (1982) CP/M Z80 4 Mhz TeleVideo TS-816 Texas Instruments TI-960 (Mini) Texas Instruments TI-980 (Mini) Texas Instruments TI-990 (Mini 1979) 16-bit, 192 kwords of memory, 8" floppy drive Texas Instruments TI-99/4 (1979) Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (1981) TI TMS9900 3.0 mhz cpu, 256x192 graphics, 40x24 text Texas Instruments TI-99/8 (not released officially) 10 mhz cpu, 64k ram Texas Instruments Portable Professional Computer (1983) Intel 8086 Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 (1983) Texas Instruments S1505 (1986) single-CPU system in minitower style (CPU 68030@25 MHz) Texas Instruments Explorer Thinking Machines CM-5 Timex Sinclair 1000 (1982) NTSC RF Modulator, 32x24 text, z80a 3.25 mhz cpu, 2k ram Timex Sinclair 1500 16k ram Titus, Jonathan, Mark-8 (Intel 8008 cpu) 1974 Toshiba T100 Z80A 1982 Toshiba T1200 (first laptop with a hard drive) Toshiba 100CT (Pentium 166 mhz) Toshbia T3100e Toshiba IHC-8000 Tulip System-1 UmTech INC VideoBrain Family Computer (Dec 1977 $499) Fairchild F8 cpu 2 mhz 1K ram 16 colours APL/S, 400x160 resolution. 36 button keyboard, ad in Popular Science Nov 1978 University of Cambridge EDSAC (1949) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator University of Illinois ORDVAC (1951) ksnjfl Unisys ICON (also known as the CEMCorp ICON and Burroughs ICON Vector Graphics Vector 1 (1977) Intel 8080A Vector Graphics Vector 4 (1983) z80c and 8086 cpu, two 5.25" floppy drives, 80x24 text Veras Systems F-8 Victor Business Products Victor 9000 (Intel 8088) Visual 1050 (1984) z80 cpu Wang System 2200 Computer (1974) TTL chips, BASIC, 64x16 CRT Western Electric 3B2 Xerox Alto 1973 (128K to 512K memory) 606x808 tall monochrome Xerox Alto II 1974 Xerox Notetaker 1976 Xerox Star 8010 "Dandelion" (Retailed for $16,595 in 1981) 1024x808 monochrome 17" display Xerox Diablo 3100 (1981) Intel 8085 cpu Xerox 820 (1981) CP/M z80 2.5 mhz cpu, 64k ram, 80x24 text Xerox 820-II (1983) z80a 4 mhz cpu, 64k ram, 80x24 text Xerox Sunrise 1800 (Portable Nov 1983) z80 4 mhz, 80x3 text, microtape recorder Xerox 8/16, (1983) dual cpu z80 4 mhz & Intel 8086 4.77 mhz, 640x256 Xerox 6060 Intel 8086 cpu, keyboard uses DE9 connector Xerox Daybreak 6085 (1985) monochrome display, 880x697 resolution The 6085 series was offered in models for network, remote (linked by Ethernet) and stand alone operation. The main unit was founded upon Xerox's Mesa 8 MHz processor which had 256 auxiliary registers and executed 48-bit-wide instructions. It also used an 80186 as an auxiliary processor. 5.25 floppy drive, 10 to 80 MB HDD Zenith Data Systems Zenith Z100 (1983) Intel 8085 & 8088, S100 bus, 640x225 graphics Zenith Data Systems Zenith Z-89 (fully assembled Heathkit H-89) Zenith Data Systems ZWL-183 laptop Zenith Data Systems Minisport Zenith Data Systems Z-248 (bundled with windows 1.03) Calculators ----------- Commodore AL-1000 calculator with nixie tubes Commodore C112 Calculator (early vaccuum fluorescent) IBM 603 (1946) first electronic calculator IBM 608 first transistor calculator Peripherals & non-Computer Devices ---------------------------------- Lear Siegler ADM 3A Terminal (used with early vi) Vectrex November 1982 AES Data Superplus IV (Canadian word processor) AlexTel Ampex VRX-1000 (1956) First Video Tape Recorder 2" quadruplex format ASR 33 teletypewriter Atari 1020 4-color Plotter CDC Cyber 170 Display Terminal Commodore 8010 300 Bps modem DEC RX01, RX02 (double density) 8-inch Floppy Disk Drive DEC RX50 5.25 inch floppy disk drive DECTalk ISA card FDADAP floppy disk adapter Kodak Diconix 150 plus portable printer IBM 1403 line printer (introduced with IBM 1401 computer) IBM 3203 Model 5 printer (used with IBM 4341) IBM 3800 (first laser printer) used with VM/370 IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit, vector 1024x1024 resolution IBM 1050 terminal (1965) IBM 3179G IBM 3274 8-inch Floppy Disk Drive IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Device was introduced in June 1980 IBM 402 Accounting Machine (introduced in the late 1940s) IBM 403 Accounting Machine IBM 407 Accounting Machine IBM 514 Reproducing Punch IBM 5250 terminal for System/34 minicomputer IBM 727 Magnetic Tape Unit, used with IBM 701 and 702 IBM 2310 Removable Cartridge Drive was announced in 1964 IBM 2420 tape drive IBM 3330 Direct Access Storage Facility, code-named Merlin, June 1970 IBM 3420 magnetic tape drive IBM 3430 magnetic tape subsystem IBM 3803 Control Unit, used with 3420 tape drive JVC HR-3300 (first VHS VCR) Oct 1976 Panasonic JA-751 8-inch floppy drive Philips N1500 (1972) First Consumer VCR Philips N1502 Radio Shack TRS-80 PT-210 Portable Data Terminal Shugart 801 8-inch Floppy Disk Drive Televideo 920c AUTOTERM APL 900 Teleray 3931 APL terminal IBM 2741 (original APL terminal) looks like a modified typewriter Tektronix 4015 (modified 4014 that can handle the APL characters) DEC VT320 can do soft fonts for APL characters, keyboard may still be a problem Datamedia elite 1520 (handles APL characters) IBM 3279 (not compatible with anything) needs IBM terminal controller DEC GT40 vector graphics terminal Xerox 1845 disk-drive box Xerox 9700 Laser Printer DECtape 3/4 inch wide Telidon Terminals ----------------- Electrohome Telidon 750 Microtel Telidon VTX 202 Norpak MK IV Norpak GC-1000 256x200 two 5.25 floppy drives, 6809 cpu Videotex -------- Omega 1000 (Italy) Supercomputers and Specials --------------------------- ASIC Red 6,000 200 mhz pentium pros networked (1996) Cray Titan Televisions ----------- RCA Model 5 Experimental Color Receiver, later developed into the CT-100 RCA CT-100 (early color television) Epson ET-10 portable (first portable colour tv?) Toys ---- Mego 2-XL quiz robot (1978) Notes ----- ComputerLand sold Commodore PET in 1979 1982 first Radio Shack hard drive system appears (available 12/30 1981) Dec 1988 Microsoft Windows 286 or Windows 386 selling for $67 May 22, 1990 Microsoft Windows 3.0 is released March 19, 1990 Dell System 325 comes with OSF/Motif Nov 10, 1990 Gateway 2000 bundled with Windows 3.0 May 1992 Gateway bundles with Windows 3.1 1993 Radio Shack introduces windows to their PCs in 1995 Radio Shack starts to sell AST Brand computers ARCNET was the first widely available networking system for microcomputers Paper tape could be read up to 1000 characters per second Commodore Datasette 50 characters per second TRS-80s used a Network 1 Controller for primitive networking capabilities IBM PC could run DOS, CP/M and the UCSD p-system Commodore PET 2001 socketed chips e.g. PIA 6520 Unidentified ------------ Friday Series-700 Computer Kits and Replicas ----------------- SBC6120 (PDP-8 kit) Heathkit GR-2000 Color TV Kit (1974) Clones ------ System 80 (Clone of TRS-80) S-100 Sound Cards ----------------- D.R.C. Sound Effects Switch from magnetic core memory to semiconductor memory -------------------------------------------------------- DEC PDP-8 or earlier DEC PDP-8A started the switch to semiconductor memory