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1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1950’s1950’s

1950

19551952

1958

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History of Computers: PrintersHistory of Computers: Printers

1953

Univac High Speed Line Printer600 lines/minute

COST, PRICE AND RENTAL RATES Manufacturer Monthly

Cost Rental Card System 80 or 90 Column 1 Central Processor $234,215 $4,685 1 Read-Punch Unit 48,650 975 1 Card Reader 15,290 305 1 Printer on-line 49,345 985 1 Printer Off-Line 195,000 3,500 Tape-Card System 1 Card Punching Printer 125,000 2,700

1 Printer Off-Line 195,000 3,500

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1.1 History of Computers – 1960’s1.1 History of Computers – 1960’s1960 1961

1965

1969

1966

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1967 – IBM 360

IBM “Stretch” - 1961

IBM 360 - 1964

1.1 History of Computers – 1960’s1.1 History of Computers – 1960’s

Mainframe Computer

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1964 - CDC 6600

PDP-8 reshaped the PDP-8 reshaped the industry - 40,000 units. industry - 40,000 units.

Cost: $18,000Cost: $18,000

Speed: .33 MIPSSpeed: .33 MIPS

667,000 Add/second667,000 Add/second

Memory Size: 4KBMemory Size: 4KB

200 companies 200 companies produced minis. produced minis.

DEC VAX 11/780 (1978) DEC VAX 11/780 (1978) became one of the best-became one of the best-selling and most selling and most influential computers of influential computers of all time.all time.

DEC market leader DEC market leader 90’s 90’s

Seymour Cray

1.1 History of Computers – 1960’s1.1 History of Computers – 1960’sDEC PDP-8 (1965) CDC 6600 - fastest machine in CDC 6600 - fastest machine in

the world.the world.

Designed by Seymour CrayDesigned by Seymour Cray

Architecture - one central Architecture - one central processor with multiple processor with multiple functional units that executed functional units that executed in parallel. in parallel.

Freon cooled. Freon cooled.

Speed: 10 MFLOPS, 3 MIPSSpeed: 10 MFLOPS, 3 MIPS

Memory Size: 64K+2MMemory Size: 64K+2M

Cost: $10,000,000Cost: $10,000,000

Memory Width:(60-bit)Memory Width:(60-bit)

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History of Computers – History of Computers – Data Data StorageStorage

Jacquard LoomJacquard Loom

Joseph Marie Jacquard Joseph Marie Jacquard (1801)(1801)

Punch cards controlledPunch cards controlledweave pattern…weave pattern…

Each hole = 1 hookEach hole = 1 hook Up or DownUp or Down

Allowed a controlled Allowed a controlled sequence of operationssequence of operations

Precursor to computer Precursor to computer programmingprogramming

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History of Computers – History of Computers – Data Data StorageStorage

Card Readers

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History of Computers – History of Computers – Data Data StorageStorage

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History of Computers – History of Computers – Data Data StorageStorage

Card Readers

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History of Computers – History of Computers – NetworkingNetworking

Arpanet - 1969

MORE !!

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1973

1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1970’s1970’s

19711972

19771979

1979

2020DECSystem 10

Cray Supercomputer

1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1970’s1970’s

1975 - MITS Altair PC

First PC widely adoptedFirst PC widely adopted

Built from KitBuilt from Kit

Speed: 14 HzSpeed: 14 Hz

Memory Size: 256 BytesMemory Size: 256 Bytes

Cost: $440Cost: $440

2000 sold in 19752000 sold in 1975

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1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – CalculatorsCalculators

1958 1962

1971 1974

1985

2005

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1965:228 MB

1971:80 KB 1978:

360 KB

1987:1.44 MB

1996:100 MB

1.1 History of Computers – Data 1.1 History of Computers – Data StorageStorage

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1.1 History of Computers – Data 1.1 History of Computers – Data StorageStorage

IBM 3348 Data Module

1973 – Winchester Drive

• 30 MB Storage

• 30ms Access Time

• 18 Millionth’s inch

30-30 – Winchester Rifle

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1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1970’s1970’s

Xerox Alto

Start

Quit

1st GUI -

1973

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1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1970’s1970’s

Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak

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1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1980’s1980’s

1981

1980 1983

19861987

19871989

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IBM AS/400DEC Vax - 1986

1.1 History of Computers – 1.1 History of Computers – 1980’s1980’s

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Apple introduces the Mac!

1.1 History of Computers – 1980’s 1.1 History of Computers – 1980’s PC’sPC’s

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1.1 History – 1980’s Portables1.1 History – 1980’s Portables

John Cleese Video

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History of Computers – GUI’sHistory of Computers – GUI’s

1981

1985

1984

1995

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History of Computers – 1990’sHistory of Computers – 1990’s

1990 1995

199819971992

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History of ComputersHistory of Computers1990s: Explosion of computer use1990s: Explosion of computer use

Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek, April 5, 1999, p. Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek, April 5, 1999, p. 5252

1989 - estimated 9 million PCs sold in US1989 - estimated 9 million PCs sold in US

1998 - PC sales totaled almost 36 million. 1998 - PC sales totaled almost 36 million.

1990 - About 15 percent of US households 1990 - About 15 percent of US households owned a owned a computer. Now, that's roughly 75 computer. Now, that's roughly 75 percent... percent... Hundreds of millions of computers are being used Hundreds of millions of computers are being used

in in businesses and homesbusinesses and homes

Most computers are now connected to the Most computers are now connected to the Internet in Internet in some waysome way

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History of Computers – 1990’sHistory of Computers – 1990’s1990 - Windows 3.0

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History of Computers – 2000 History of Computers – 2000 FutureFuture

2001

2003

2004

2005

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Cray Supercomputer - 2004

History of Computers – 2000 History of Computers – 2000 Future Future

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IBM Blue Gene - SupercomputerIBM Blue Gene - Supercomputer

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Terms ReviewTerms Review

MegaMega GigaGiga TeraTera NanoNano ENIACENIAC IBMIBM DECDEC AppleApple

HardwareHardware SoftwareSoftware CPUCPU DiskDisk NetworkNetwork TimeshareTimeshare MIPS/FLOPSMIPS/FLOPS KiloKilo