Item
|
Model
|
Year |
Picture |
Link |
| Punched card |
IBM |
1926 |
 |
Info |
|
|
1951 |
|
|
Other candidate : Ferranti Mark 1 (1951)
First prototypes : Zuse Z1 (1936), Harvard Mark I (1944), ENIAC (1946) |
| CRT Monitor |
IBM Sage monitor (NC) |
1956 |
 |
|
| Hard Disk |
IBM Ramac 305 disk |
1956 |
 |
Info |
|
Modem |
Bell 103 |
1962 |
|
|
|
Programmable desktop computer |
Olivetti Programma 101 |
1965 |
|
|
| Microprocessor |
Intel 4004 |
1971 |
 |
Info |
| Other candidates : Four Phase System AL1 (1969), F14A MOS-LSI microprocessor chip (1970), Texas Instruments TMX-1795 (1971, NC) |
| Floppy disk drive (8'') |
IBM 23FD |
1971 |
 |
|
| Floppy disk drive (5.25'') |
Shugart SA400 |
1976 |
 |
Info |
| Floppy disk drive (3.5'') |
Sony OA-D30V |
1981 |
 |
Info |
|
|
1973 |
|
|
| Other candidates : Datapoint 2200 (1970), Kenback-1 (1971), Altair 8800 (1975) |
|
|
1975 |
|
|
First prototype : Xerox (1969), Xerox Dover (1976)
Other candidates : Xerox 9700 (1977), Hewlett-Packard LaserJet (1984) |
|
Portable computer |
IBM 5100 |
1975 |
|
|
| Other candidates : Osborne-1 (1981) |
|
|
1980 |
|
|
| Other candidates : Panasonic HHC (1981), Casio fx-702P (1981) |
|
Xerox Star 8010 mouse |
1981 |
|
|
First prototype : Douglas Engelbart mouse (1968), Telefunken Rollkugel (1968)
Other candidates : XEROX Alto (1973), Logitech P4 (1982), Microsoft Mouse (1983) |
| Notebook computer |
Epson HX-20 |
1982 |
 |
Info |
| Other candidates : Radio-Shack Model 100 (1983), Casio FP-200 (1983) |
| Laptop computer |
Gavilan SC |
1983 |
 |
Info |
| Other candidate : GRiD Compass (1982) |
|
|
1984 |
|
|
| Other candidate : Casio 500 Typuter (1971) |
| Scanner |
Microtek MS-200 |
1984 |
 |
|
| Other candidates : National Bureau of Standards SEAC (1957, NC, the first scanned image) |
| LCD desk monitor |
Eizo L66 |
1998 |
 |
Info |
| USB key |
Trek Technology ThumbDrive |
2000 |
 |
Info |
| Other candidates : IBM DiskOnKey (2000) |
