Comment Comment by okaya Some interesting parts:Sep 1947: ACM first meetingJan 1948: John von Neumann's thoughts on high-level languages(FORTRAN)Oct 1957: Students' reaction to computerized registration1 Oct 1969: First ARPANET transmission1 May 1978: First spam email12 Aug 1981: 16-bit IBM PC1985-1989: Supercomputers made from Radio Shack parts1993: The era of the search engine begins1994-95: Windows and the Web take over. The diverse, rich, idiosyncratic history of computing stops here parent okaya 11 years ago
Sep 1947: ACM first meeting
Jan 1948: John von Neumann's thoughts on high-level languages(FORTRAN)
Oct 1957: Students' reaction to computerized registration
1 Oct 1969: First ARPANET transmission
1 May 1978: First spam email
12 Aug 1981: 16-bit IBM PC
1985-1989: Supercomputers made from Radio Shack parts
1993: The era of the search engine begins
1994-95: Windows and the Web take over. The diverse, rich, idiosyncratic history of computing stops here