- was the world's first commercial 16-bit minicomputer.
- the Programma 101. This printing programmable calculator was made from discrete transistors and an acoustic delay-line memory. The Programma 101 could do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as calculate square roots. 40,000 were sold, including 10 to NASA for use on the Apollo space project
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1964 - CDC 6600 supercomputer is introduced
- the control data corporation (CDC) 6600 preformed up to 3 million instructions per second-three times faster then the closest competitor the IBM 7030 supercomputer.
- digital equipment corporation introduces the PDP - 8
- IBM announces system/360
- SABRE comes on-line
- teletype introduced its ASR-33 teletype
1962 - the LINC is introduced
- the LINC is an early example of a 'personal computer" that is a computer designed for only one user. this was designed by Wesley Clark
- the atlas computer comes online. atlas was the fastest computer of its time and introduced the concept of "virtual memory" using a disk or drum as an extension of the main memory.
- the atlas computer comes online. atlas was the fastest computer of its time and introduced the concept of "virtual memory" using a disk or drum as an extension of the main memory.
1961 - IBM's`7000
- IBM´s 7000 series of mainframe computers are the company´s first to use transistors. At the top of the line was the Model 7030, also known as "Stretch." Nine of the computers, which featured dozens of advanced design innovations, were sold, mainly to national laboratories and major scientific users.
- Minuteman missiles use transistorized computers to continuously calculate their position in flight. The computer had to be rugged and fast, with advanced circuit design and reliable packaging able to withstand the forces of a missile launch.
- The US Navy Tactical Data System uses computers to integrate and display shipboard radar, sonar and communications data.
- Minuteman missiles use transistorized computers to continuously calculate their position in flight. The computer had to be rugged and fast, with advanced circuit design and reliable packaging able to withstand the forces of a missile launch.
- The US Navy Tactical Data System uses computers to integrate and display shipboard radar, sonar and communications data.
1960 - the NEAC 2203 goes on line
- An early transistorized computer, the NEAC (Nippon Electric Automatic Computer) includes a CPU, console, paper tape reader and punch, printer and magnetic tape units. It was sold exclusively in Japan, but could process alphabetic and Japanese kana characters. Only about thirty NEACs were sold.
1959 - automatically programmed tools (APT)
- MIT´s Servomechanisms Laboratory demonstrates computer assisted manufacturing (CAM). The school´s Automatically Programmed Tools project created a language, APT, used to control milling machine operations.
1958 - digital phone lines
- Phone companies develop digital transmission for internal uses – specifically to put more calls on each of the main lines connecting their own switching centers. By 1958, this produces the T1 standard still used in North America.
- The 501 is built on a 'building block' concept which allows it to be highly flexible for many different uses and could simultaneously control up to 63 tape drives—very useful for large databases of information.
- The 501 is built on a 'building block' concept which allows it to be highly flexible for many different uses and could simultaneously control up to 63 tape drives—very useful for large databases of information.
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