Discovery

Before doing this project I did not know much about the history of computers, all I knew is what we have in the current day. The history of computers is a lot longer and earlier than I would have ever thought or known without doing this project. While doing this project I have learnt a lot about computers now and back then in the early years of computers.

Now on to this picture, this picture is one of the earliest computers. This computers name was The ENIAC it was invented by J. Presper Eckert and a man named John Mauchly, the ENIAC was designed to calculate the trajectory of artillery shells. The ENIAC started building it in 1943 in secret. The machine unfortunately didn't debut until February 1946, after the end of World War II, but it did at least launch the computer revolution. It was said to have cost upwards of over $500,000 or $6,000,000 in today’s money. 

Another thing that I did not know was what Microsoft’s first product was. Microsoft is a huge computer company that makes many things, like computers, tablets, mp3 players and other computer related things or accessories. Microsoft was founded on April, 1975 by two men named Paul Allen and Bill Gates. The first computer made by them was called the Altair 8800 microcomputer released in January 1975. While jointly developing a new OS with IBM in 1984, Microsoft released Microsoft Windows, a graphical extension for MS-DOS, on November 20.

Following Bill Gates’ internal "Internet Tidal Wave memo" on May 26, 1995 Microsoft began to redefine its offerings and expand its product line into computer networking and the World Wide Web. The company released Windows 95 on August 24, 1995, featuring pre-emptive multitasking, a completely new user interface with a novel start button, and 32-bit compatibility, it provided the Win32 API.

Another thing I didn't know was when HP or Hewlett-Packard came out and who was there first customer.  Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. It provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. HP incorporated on August 18, 1947, and went public on November 6, 1957 was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.

One of the company's earliest customers was Walt Disney Productions, which bought eight Model 200B oscillators at $71.50 each for use in certifying the Fantasound surround sound systems installed in theaters for the movie Fantasia. From the 1940s until well into the 1990s the company concentrated on making electronic test equipment: signal generators, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, thermometers, time standards, wave analyzers, and many other instruments. A distinguishing feature was pushing the limits of measurement range and accuracy; many HP instruments were more sensitive, accurate, and precise than other comparable equipment.