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First Computer With A Hard Drive — This Happened: September 14

The IBM RAMAC 305, introduced on this day in 1956, was the world’s first computer to use a magnetic hard disk drive for data ...
MacRumors

Rare Apple-1 Computer Sells for $375,000

A rare, operational Apple-1 Computer was recently put up for auction, and it ended up selling for $375,000. The Apple-1 was the first computer sold by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, ...
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Scientists unveil world's first quantum computer built with regular silicon chips

A London-based startup has created the world's first full-stack quantum computer using a standard silicon CMOS chip ...

‘A real physical thing’: Quantum computer exhibit at O’Hare seeks to make the technology tangible

An exhibit of a quantum computer at O’Hare put on by the University of Chicago and IBM aims to make learning about the ...
Hackaday

First Transistor Computer Reborn

Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we would have guessed it was the TC from the University of Manchester. After all, Dr. Wilkes and company were ...

Professor who helped propel UW computer science program reflects on five decade career

This article was first published by TVW. The timeline of Ed Lazowska’s life in computing doubles as a quick history of the field. From mainframes to PCs to the internet’s public debut in the 1990s and ...