The world's first computer: development history, creation date. Who was the first in the world invented and created a computer? What did the first computer looked like, why did the first computers occupied a huge space?
An article on historical facts on the development of computers, about the first invention of a personal computer in the USSR.
It is believed that two American citizen, Stephen Jobs, and Stephen Wozniak are believed that the attitude of the personal computer.
However, this is not quite true!
The sixties of the past century in the Soviet Union were significant scientifically, technical discoveries, a breakthrough of a person in space, military and technological developments.
Creation and patent of the first PC, in the distant 1968, belongs to the modest Soviet scientist Arsenia Gorokhov. This event occurred several years to the "invention", Americans. Arseny Gorokhov He worked at the Project Institute of Aviation, in Omsk.
View, first PC, had the following:
Some historical facts
The development of the first computers began immediately after the Great Patriotic War. In the early 50s, computers were huge wardrobes with many keys. They were called computer, electronically computing machines. The first car was Soviet EUM "Vichr".
Electronic - computing machines of the 50s of the last century
The equipment was expensive. The operating memory of the computer was very small, only 512 bytes, and the weight of the equipment reached half a throw! Name personal, such cars could not. However, the development continued.
The beginning of the 60s of the last century marks the advent of commercial computers. The equipment becomes a high-speed, powerful, compact, equipped keyboard, screen. The size of the equipment is reduced to the size of several refrigerators, the price also becomes lower. Computer type "PDP-1".
In 1969, the right to be called the first personal computer claims American "Honeywell Kitchen Computer". Its weight is significantly reduced, only 65 kg. Visually, it represents a box equipped with a lamps working panel and keys, as well as a meat cutting board.
Kitchen Computer "Honeywell Kitchen Computer", 1969
The main function is to store in the memory of various cooking recipes for cooking. Wishing to acquire such equipment never found!
The creation of microprocessors in 1970 laid the beginning of the age of personal electronic devices. The first microprocessor was 8 bits, the name received Intel 8080.. Next, events developed at high speed: the first microcomputer is created "Altair 8800".
Microcomputer "Altair 8800", 1970
Equipment is sold already in small batches. But! Having received the ordered computer, users stay in shock! The computer has to collect themselves from the sent items sent by the soldering, test, create computer programs.
Ordinary users can not work with the device. Development continue!
1976 comes, two Americans create their own computer " Apple ». The equipment is sold in a staffed, team form. In 1978, serial release begins.
Computer "Apple", 1976
However, we missed 1968!
Development of the first PC
So, 1968. Omsk. Aviation Research Institute. Engineer of peas is inventing the car to outline the contours of the part. This is the official name in Patent from May of the same year. The equipment is intended for the drawing of electrical concepts, engineering drawings.
The equipment consisted of a monitor, system unit, an embedded hard disk. Using the device, tasks with electronically computing machines, memory card, video card were solved.
Does nothing remind you of the described device scheme?
Yes, it is, a modern home computer!
Next, there are information according to which the patent for the invention was given, but the financing was not allocated. In 1970, the scheme of the device was published on the universal review, in a special journal of inventions. In 1976, two Americans patented a personal computer.
The moment of truth was missed, but the fact of the first invention of the PC by the Soviet engineer Gorokhov remains!
Arseny Anatolyevich Peas with a patent for the invention of a personal computer. In the background photo of the first computer.