The IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer is one of the first personal computers, in the sense of a computer to be used by one person whose previous experience with computing might only have been with desk calculators. It was controlled interactively by a keyboard. The principal designer of this machine was John Lentz, as part of his work for the Watson Lab at Columbia University.
1 Comment
Leave a Reply
Related
Altair 8800
invented by MITS
Altair 8800 is the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution.
Intermodal container
invented by Malcom McLean
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large…
Supercomputer
invented by Seymour Cray
The Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer.
Computer Mouse
invented by Douglas Engelbart
A computer mouse (plural mice, sometimes mouses)[nb 1] is a hand-held pointing…
Suggest an invention you think it should be here
About
Inventions that changed the world
Corrinne Lillehaug
You ought to be a part of a contest for one of the best sites on the web. I am going to recommend this site!