The history timeline of computers and electronics entertainment with special consideration for Amiga and Poland |
1938, Electronic computing machine
The first freely programmable (mechanical) computer in the world. Built in Berlin, Germany Konrad Zuse |
1939, Electronic computing machine
The first electronic computing machine for special scientific purposes. Built of vacuum tubes. Not programmable. Prototype built in Iowa State College, USA John Vincent Atanasoff, Clifford Berry |
1947, Transistor
The very first working prototype of transistor. Invented in Bell Labs, USA John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley |
1958, Integrated circuit
First integrated circuit made from germanium. It integrates few transistors in a single chip. Invented in Texas Instruments, USA Jack Kilby |
1958, Autumn, Digital machine (early computer)
The very first Polish fully working universal digital machine. Assembled with vacuum tubes. Projected and built in Zakład Aparatów Matematycznych PAN in Warsaw, Poland Team leaded by Leon Łukaszewicz |
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