Computer Era (1946 - Today)

• Third Generation (1965 - 70)
  • Characteristics
    • Integrated Circuits
    • 50 000 000 calculations per second
    • $5 - 20 million dollars
  • Themes
    • Faster
    • Smaller
    • More reliable
    • Cheaper
    • More powerful
  • Important Computers and / or Events
    • 1965 DEC PDP 8
      • Digital Equipment Corporation
      • First minicomputer
    • 1966 - Hewlett-Packard HP-2115
    • 1969 ARPANET starts
      • later grew into the internet