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Home Computer timeline |
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1973 |
8008 and hence Micral,
Mark 8 and Sclebi 8H
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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=352
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D
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1975 |
MITS Altair 8800B |
http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html
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R
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1975 |
6502 and hence KIM-1 |
http://oldcomputers.net/kim1.html
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1976 |
Apple (aka Apple 1) |
http://oldcomputers.net/applei.html
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1977 |
Apple ][ |
http://oldcomputers.net/appleii.html
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| R |
1977 |
Commodore PET 2001N |
http://oldcomputers.net/pet2001.html
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1979 |
Acorn 6502 System 1 |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=483
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1981 |
BBC Microcomputer |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=29
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1981 |
IBM PC 5150 |
http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5150.html
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| D |
1983 |
IBM PC/XT (IBM Personal
Computer 5160, eXtended Technology) |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=286
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1984 |
Apple Macintosh |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=271
Apple advertisement for the Macintosh
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1984 |
IBM PC/AT (IBM Personal
Computer 5170, Advanced Technology) |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=185
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1986 |
Compaq Deskpro 386 |
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1987 |
Commodore Amiga (68000) |
http://oldcomputers.net/amiga2000.html
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| D |
1987 |
Acorn Archimedes (ARM -
first low-cost RISC, 4 MIPS) |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=75
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1990 |
486 has 1M transistors and
supports L1 cache |
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1993 |
Pentium |
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1960 |
PDP-1
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http://www.dbit.com/~greeng3/pdp1/index.html
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1965 |
PDP-7, PDP-8 transistor
computers |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1964-3.htm
http://www.pdp8.net/
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1969 |
PDP-8/E SSI TTL, running
counter program (with a few spare cards) |
http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8em/pdp8em.shtml
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1970 |
PDP-11/20 |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1970-2.htm
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D
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1972 |
PDP-11/40 MSI TTL (with
Andrew's VT100)
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http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1972-2.htm
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1975 |
PDP-11/03 |
http://hampage.hu/pdp-11/1103.html
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1976 |
DECSYSTEM-20 |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1976-1.htm
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1977 |
VAX-11/780 (Virtual
Address Extension) |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1977-3.htm
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D
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1979 |
PDP-11/23 VLSI (QBus:
contrast Altair/S100 bus, CP/M machines) |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1979-2.htm
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1980 |
Vax-11/750 MSI TTL
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http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1980-4.htm
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1981 |
microVAX |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1985-2.htm
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1982 |
Rainbow Z80 and 8086 (not
8088!) |
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=284
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1982 |
VAXstation |
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1984-4.htm
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1984 |
IBM PC/AT |
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R
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1984 |
Apple Mac |
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1985 |
MIPS announce R2000 RISC
processor |
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1986 |
Sun announce MB86900,
first Sparc (RISC) chip, 14MHz => 7 MIPS
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1986 |
Acorn announce ARM (Acorn
RISC Machine), 4-8MHz => 4-8 MIPS |
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1987 |
Sun 386i Workstation,
"low-cost" UNIX workstation, 3 MIPS |
http://sites.inka.de/pcde/collection/sun386i_250.html
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1989 |
Sparcstation 1, MB86901 @
20MHz => 12 MIPS |
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/Sun4c/Sun4c_HBK.html
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1990 |
PDP-11/93 (the last
PDP-11, production ended 1994) |
http://www.pdp11.co.uk/profiles/item-enlarge.ehtml?i=37
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1990 |
Acorn R260 with 4.4BSD,
25MHz => ~20 MIPS |
http://www.machine-room.org/computers/8/
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D
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1991 |
SGI Iris Indigo |
http://www.irisindigo.com/
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R
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1993 |
SGI Indy (running buttonfly,
Dept Building video, Indycam); 94
SpecInt92 |
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/sgi-indy/
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D
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1994 |
first microSparc, in
Sparcstation 5; 50-60 SpecInt92 |
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SS5/SS5.html
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1994 |
Pentium |
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1994 |
MIPS R8000, first
commercial superscalar processor |
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1996 |
SGI O2 |
http://www.sgi.com/products/legacy/mips.html
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1997 |
48 millionth MIPS chip,
just outsells MC68000 |
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1998? |
ARM outsells all other
microprocessors |
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