This website will teach you how to build your own computer. The first step in building a computer is to know the history of them. Below you will find a very basic list of when the first types of computers were built. After reviewing the history of the computer click on the links above to get started on building your computer.
Year | Name | What the Machine Did | 1822 | The Analytical Machine | The first mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept | December 1934 | The Colossus | The first electric programmable computer | 1936-1938 | The Z-1 | The first Programmable computer | 1937-1946 | The Antanasoff-Berry Computer (abc) The Eniac |
The first digital computers | May 6, 1949-1950 | The EDSAC UNIVAC 1101 or ERA 1101 |
The first stored program computer | July 12, 1950 | The Z-4 | The first Commercial Computer | April 7, 1953 | The 701 or Acorn | The first IBM compatible computer | March 8, 1955 | The Whirlwind Machine | The first computer with RAM | 1960 | PDP-1 | The first minicompputer |
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1968 | HP 9100A | The first mass-market PC | 1972 | M2500 XL/2 M4020 SX |
The first multimedia computers | 1974 | Xerox Alto | The first workstation | 1975 | Altair 8800 | The first personal computer | 1976 | Apple 1 | The first Apple Computer |
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