28, 1955: Baby boy born to Mary Gates named William Henry Gates III. What a profound impact this one individual would have on the technology world. 24, 1955: Baby boy born to university students, adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs and named Steven. Here are some other significant technology events that took place before and after 1981.įeb. It weighed a mere 24 pounds - now that’s what I call portable. Edmund Berkeley first described Simon in his 1949 book, “Giant Brains, or Machines That Think,” and he went on to publish plans to build Simon in a series of Radio Electronics issues in 19.Īlso in 1981, Adam Osborne jumped into the “portable computer” arena with the introduction of the Osborne 1. However, some claim the “original” PC, called “Simon,” goes all the way back to 1950. The first PC can be traced back as early as 1974.
As we say goodbye to the year 2012 - and the trend toward social media - let’s take a ride on the historical technology highway and look back at some of the significant events in the history of computer technologyĪfter all, it’s been a little over 30 years since IBM released its first personal computer in 1981.
Sometimes it’s necessary to take a look back in time in order to see what lies ahead.
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