med122 brief history of the computer lecture
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#med122A brief history of the computer…
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YouTube playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57020298F07835A1&feature=mh_lolz
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Pre-history…
3000 BC - first dust abacus
1800 BC – first algorithms
500 BC – first wire and bead based abacus
200 AD – Chinese ‘Suanpan’ computing tray
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1614 - John Napier
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1642 – Blaise Pascal
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1642 – Blaise PascalMechanical calculator
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1671 – Gottfried LiebnizBinary numeral system
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1671 – Gottfried Liebnizthe first computer scientist or information theorist (see Martin Davis, 2000)
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1801 - Joseph Marie Jaquard
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1801 - Joseph Marie Jaquard Jacquard loom
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1822 – Charles Babbage originated the concept of a programmable computer (see Tanenbaum, 2007: p7)
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Difference Engine
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1822 – Charles Babbage the father of modern computer (see Halacy, 1970)
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1842-1843 – Ada LovelaceFirst computer program
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1890 - Herman Hollerith
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1936 – Alan Turing
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1937-42 - ABC Atanasoff-Berry
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1936-41 – Zuse Z3
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1943 - Mark I Colossus
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1943 – ENIAC
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1947 – The Manchester ‘Baby’
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1951 – UNIVAC
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1951 – UNIVAC
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1956 – John Bardeen & Walter Brattain
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1959 – Gordon Noyce & Robert Moore
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1959 – Jack Kilby
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1959 - Jean Hoerni The planar process
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1960 – DEC PDP-1
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1962 - Spacewar (MIT)
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1966 – Hewlett Packard 2115
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1968 – NM ElectronicsNoyce & Moore, together with Andrew Grove
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Integrated Electronics
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1971 – Intel 4004
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1972 – Intel 8008
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1975 – Popular Electronics magazine
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1975 – Altair 8800
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April 1st 1976 – Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
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1976 – Apple I
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1977 – Apple II
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1978 – VisiCalc
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1977 – Commodore Pet
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1977 – Atari VCS
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1979 – Atari 400/800
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1980 – Hewlett Packard HP-85
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1980 – Sinclair ZX80
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1981 – Sinclair ZX81
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1981 – Commodore Vic-20
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1981 – Osborne-1
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1981 – IBM 5150
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1981 – IBM 5150
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1981 – Bill Gates & MS-DOS
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Tim Paterson - QDOS
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1981 – BBC Micro
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1981 – BBC Micro
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1982 – Commodore 64
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1982 – Dragon 32
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1982 – Jupiter Ace
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1982 – Oric-1
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1983 – Apple Lisa
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1984 – Apple Macintosh
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Bill Gates at Mac World ‘84
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1984 - Amstrad CPC-464Sir Alan Sugar
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1985 – Commodore Amiga
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1985 – Commodore Amiga
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1985 - Windows 1.01
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1988 - NeXT
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1992 – Windows 3.1
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1994 – Gateway 2000
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1995 – Windows 95
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1 - What was your first experience of using a computer?
2 - What was the first computer you ever bought (if at all), and what considerations did you have to take on board when making the purchasing decision?
3 - Have you ever physically built or modified a computer?
4 - Do you think computer engineering/science should be taught at school?
5 - How important do you think a knowledge of how computers work is in understanding their potential/limitations?
6 - What do you know about the Raspberry Pi project, and how successful do you think it will be?