#firstcomputer

[adafruit]

🎄💾🗓️ Day 1: Retrocomputing Advent Calendar - Apple II 🎄💾🗓️

We kick things off with the legendary Apple II! Released in 1977, it was one of the first highly successful personal computers, known for its revolutionary design, colorful graphics, and expandability. Created by Steve Wozniak, the Apple II sparked the personal computing revolution.

This was Ladyada's first computer, used at school to learn touch-typing, write essays, LOGO, and make calendars with print shop

The games are now memes - Number Munchers, Oregon Trail, and Odell Lake. Almost 40 years later, we can still hear the teacher telling us to "Kill the Corvus"

and carefully placing our 5.25" diskette in the hard case after class to take it home.

[start4shopping]

The ENIAC First Computer Ever

[306somesh]

My First Computer: A Gateway to the Digital World

Write about your first computer. Introduction There are moments in life that shape the way we see the world. For me, one such defining moment was the arrival of my first computer. It wasn’t just a machine; it was a portal to knowledge, creativity, and endless possibilities. That first experience with a personal computer sparked a fascination with technology that still influences me today. A…

[fiercemillennial]

From Floppy Disks to Fierce Connection: My First Computer Journey

Relive the early days of tech! What was your first computer like? Share your memories and celebrate how far we've come. #FierceMillennial #DigitalDen #TechTrends

Write about your first computer. Remember dial-up internet? The satisfying “thunk” of a printer spitting out dot matrix receipts? For many of us, our first computers were gateways to a whole new world. Mine was no different. A clunky beige tower with a monitor the size of a small TV, it wasn’t exactly sleek, but it opened doors I never knew existed. Learning to navigate DOS commands, the thrill…

[techparam]

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[howtological]

Did you know that the first computer in the world was the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)? This technological marvel weighed over 27 tons and had more than 18,000 vacuum tubes! The ENIAC paved the way for modern computing as we know it today. Imagine carrying that kind of weight in your pocket! 🤯 #ENIAC #FirstComputer #TechHistory #ThrowbackThursday https://www.instagram.com/p/Co9vyp_ulwl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sprreviews]

National Technology Day is celebrated every year on May 11 to highlight the achievements of engineers and scientists in the field of technology and science. The day acts as a reminder of the country's technological advancements. @spr_reviews follow for more latest world's updates. Extra Knowledge 🧐 × Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. × Udupi Ramachandra Rao was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. #nationaltechnologyday #techtravelingtripod #technologyday #international #spacescientist #aerospacescientist #aerospaceengineering #firstmobile #nokiaringo #firstcomputer #techtransfer #technologytrends #technology #revolution #factsoflife #facts‼️ #indiangentlemen #genius #firstcamera #india #indias #happierthanever #apjabdulkalam #udaipur #development #growthmindset #extraextra #tech #daytrading #indianhistory (at Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/COus7fJpFLr/?igshid=sml4gi2sp7w4

[geniuspanda2]

Battle Stations are up and running #FirstComputer #Benq #Aorus #pcmasterrace (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0-FfsHmNeqPpj6yKq3teQP0U4r3llWrKM85k0/?igshid=dvkpzr6lp4pc

[graphicsbytedotcom]

Found the Antikythera Mechanism! It was cool seeing this in person. • • • #antikytheramechanism mechanism #Antikythera #archaeology #history #steampunk #gears #earlycomputer #firstcomputer #shipwreck #greece #adventure (at National Archaeological Museum, Athens) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzh8aTnFB0b/?igshid=ck7woogttvt

[electronicbrain4u-blog]

Did you know ? . . . . . #learntoservethenation #computer #computerhistory #computerknowledge #indiasfirst #indiasfirstever #firstcomputer #Indianstaticalinstitude #proudtobe #1995 #history #asia #india #japan #nehru #chachanehru #chachanehru🌹 #singleprecision #matrix #matrixcalculations #likegood #commnet #sharegoodness #share #kolkata #kolkatadiaries #kolkataindia #kolkatapeople (at KOLKATA-The City Of Joy (Calcutta))

[adafruit]

🎄💾🗓️ Day 4: Retrocomputing Advent Calendar - The DEC PDP-11! 🎄💾🗓️

Released by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1970, the PDP-11 was a 16-bit minicomputer known for its orthogonal instruction set, allowing flexible and efficient programming. It introduced a Unibus architecture, which streamlined data communication and helped revolutionize computer design, making hardware design more modular and scalable. The PDP-11 was important in developing operating systems, including the early versions of UNIX. The PDP-11 was the hardware foundation for developing the C programming language and early UNIX systems. It supported multiple operating systems like RT-11, RSX-11, and UNIX, which directly shaped modern OS design principles. With over 600,000 units sold, the PDP-11 is celebrated as one of its era's most versatile and influential "minicomputers".

Check out the wikipedia page for some great history, photos (pictured here), and more -

And here's a story from Adafruit team member, Bill!

The DEC PDP-11 was the one of the first computers I ever programmed. That program was 'written' with a soldering iron.

I was an art student at the time, but spending most of my time in the engineering labs. There was a PDP-11-34 in the automation lab connected to an X-ray spectroscopy machine. Starting up the machine required toggling in a bootstrap loader via the front panel. This was a tedious process. So we ordered a diode-array boot ROM which had enough space to program 32 sixteen bit instructions.

Each instruction in the boot sequence needed to be broken down into binary (very straightforward with the PDP-11 instruction set). For each binary '1', a diode needed to be soldered into the array. The space was left empty for each '0'. 32 sixteen bit instructions was more than sufficient to load a secondary bootstrap from the floppy disk to launch the RT-11 operating system. So now it was possible to boot the system with just the push of a button.

I worked with a number DEC PDP-11/LSI-11 systems over the years. I still keep an LSI-11-23 system around for sentimental reasons.

Have first computer memories? Post’em up in the comments, or post yours on socialz’ and tag them #firstcomputer #retrocomputing – See you back here tomorrow!

[newsoftsolutions-blog]

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[gormnass]

From Wikipedia: 

Nord-1 was Norsk Data's first minicomputer and the first commercially available computer made in Norway.

It was a 16-bit system, developed in 1967 from the Simulation for Automatic Machinery. The first Nord-1 (serial number 2) installed was at the heart of a complete ship system aboard the MS Taimyr, a Japanese-built cargo liner. The system included bridge control, power management, load condition monitoring and the first ever computer-controlled, radar-sensed anti-collision system (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid). Taimyr's Nord-1 turned out reliable for the time, with more than a year between failures.[1]

It was probably the first minicomputer to feature floating-point equipment as standard, and had an unusually rich complement of registers for its time. It also featured relative addressing, and a fully automatic context switchedinterrupt system. It was also the first minicomputer to offer virtual memory, offered as an option by 1969.[2] It was succeeded by the Nord-10.

[opusformica]

Been there. #firstcomputer

[ipgbook]

Calling all #librarians: here's a #sneakpeek at one of the titles I'll be showcasing in next week's @americanlibraryassociation #Booklist 'Juvenile Nonfiction for Winter 2018 and Beyond!' It's from one of my favorite #series and isn't just for kids 😉COOL CODING covers #computing and #coding from Colossos The #FirstComputer and Alan Turing's #Enigma to computer languages in use today to #artificialintelligence, #algorithms and beyond in a fun approachable comics-esque format that will inform and delight. Chocked with facts (did you know the first computer programmer was a woman?) as well as practical introductions to #coding concepts. #addtomycollection #librarylove #niftygift #coding #computers #geekgirl #geekout #nerdalert 🤓💻#newbooks #kidsbooks #nonfiction #comicart #robots #gaming #programmers #gamers #youthnonfiction #juvenilenonfiction #STEM #STEAM #STEMbooks #teachersofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #booklist #coolcoding (at IPG: Independent Publishers Group)

[anzsystoyvideos-blog]

Peppa pig musical learning toy. My First Laptop /computer educational toy. #laptoptoy #toyreview #peppapig #peppapiglaptop #Peppapigtoy #firstcomputer