Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
1964 Online transaction processing makes its debut in IBM's SABRE reservation sys-
tem, set up for American Airlines.
1965 Digital Equipment Corp. introduces the PDP-8, the first commercially successful
minicomputer.
1969 The root of what is to become the Internet begins when the Department of Defense
establishes four nodes on the ARPAnet: two at University of California campuses
(oneat Santa Barbara andoneat LosAngeles) andoneeach at Stanford Research
Institute and the University of Utah.
1971 A team at IBM's San Jose Laboratories invents the 8-inch floppy disk drive.
1971 The first advertisement for a microprocessor, the Intel 4004, appears in
Electronic
News
.
1971 The Kenbak-1, one of the first personal computers, is advertised for $750 in
Scientific American
.
1972 Intel's 8008 microprocessor makes its debut.
1973 Robert Metcalfe devises the Ethernet method of network connection at the Xerox
Palo Alto Research Center.
1973 The Micral is the earliest commercial, nonkit personal computer based on a micro-
processor, the Intel 8008.
1973 TheTVTypewriter,designedbyDonLancaster,providesthefirstdisplayofalpha-
numeric information on an ordinary television set.
1974 ResearchersattheXeroxPaloAltoResearchCenterdesigntheAlto,thefirstwork-
station with a built-in mouse for input.
1974 Scelbi advertises its 8H computer, the first commercially advertised U.S. computer
based on a microprocessor, Intel's 8008.
1975 Telenet, the first commercial packet-switching network and civilian equivalent of
ARPAnet, is born.
1975 TheJanuaryeditionof
Popular Electronics
featurestheAltair8800,whichisbased
on Intel's 8080 microprocessor, on its cover.
1976 Steve Wozniak designs the Apple I, a single-board computer.
1976 The 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drive is introduced by Shugart Associates.
1977 Tandy RadioShack introduces the TRS-80.
1977 Apple Computer introduces the Apple II.
