Pioneers of Computing Innovation

Individuals and organizations that shaped history..

Computing Innovations

←1940→

  • ENIAC, the 1st generally-programmable computer by the US Army (1946)
  • PLANKALKUL, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by Konrad Zuse (1948)

←1950→

  • SIMON, the 1st Personal Computer by Edmund Berkeley (1950)
  • AN/FSQ-7, the 1st computer with RTG Display by IBM (1951)
  • HD, the world's 1st computer hard disk drive (IBM, 1956)
  • FORTRAN, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by John W. Backus (1957)
  • BELL 101 MODEM, the first commercial-use modem (Bell Laboratories, 1959)

←1960→

  • PACKET SWITCHING (theory) by Leonard Kleinrock (MIT, 1961)
  • BASIC PROGRAMMING language by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz (Dartmouth College, 1964)
  • SIMULA, the 1st Object-Oriented Programming Language by Ole-Johan Dahl & Kristen Nygaard (1967)
  • PEROTTINA (Programma 101), the 1st commercial desktop computer by Pier Perotto (Olivetti, 1965)
  • ARPANET, the father of today's internet by the US Army (1967)
  • FD (Floppy disk drive), invented by IBM (1967)
  • DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) by Robert Dennard (1968)
  • UNIX, the large-scale networking OS by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and other developers (Bell Labs, 1969)
  • LASER PRINTER, invented by Gary Starkweather (Xerox, 1969)

←1970→

  • INTEL 1103, the 1st DRAM chip (1970)
  • TCP/IP protocol suite by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn (1970)
  • INTEL 4004, the 1st CPU on a single chip by Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stanley Mazor (1971)
  • eMail, invented by Ray Tomlinson (ARPANET, 1971)
  • C Programming language, invented by Dennis Ritchie (1972)
  • ETHERNET, invented by Robert Metcalfe (Xerox, 1973)
  • XEROX ALTO, 1st personal computer with a mouse-driven GUI (1973)
  • SEQUEL (later SQL), invented by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce (IBM, 1974)
  • APPLE 1, the 1st computer with a single-circuit board and ROM by Steve Wozniak (Apple, 1976)
  • COMMODORE PET, 1st widely-available educational computer (Commodore, 1977)

←1980→

  • VRAM (Video RAM), by F. Dill, D. Ling, and R. Matick (IBM, 1980)
  • MIDI, the 1st MIDI interface designed by Dave Smith and Chet Wood (1981)
  • ARM1, the 1st commercial RISC processor by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber (Acorn, 1985)
  • AMIGA, the 1st multimedia personal computer (Commodore, 1985)

←1990→

Psygnosis Games

Psygnosis Big Box Collection

Psygnosis Limited, later known as Studio Liverpool, was a legendary British video game developer based in Wavertree Technology Park, Liverpool. The studio gained international fame for its groundbreaking titles on the Commodore Amiga, many of which were packaged in large, visually stunning boxes that set new standards for video game artwork.

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FairLight Demo (Commodore 64)

  • HARDWARE: Commodore 64 (C64)
  • MUSIC: Fegolhuzz
  • CODE: Trident
  • GRAPHICS: Soya, The Sarge, Fegolhuzz, and Trident
  • RELEASED: 2024

Space Debris by Captain (Amiga)

  • HARDWARE: Amiga & Soundtracker
  • MUSIC TRACK: Space Debris by Markus Kaarlonen (captain) -1991 (website)

Wake Up (Atari STE) by Mystic Bytes

  • HARDWARE: Atari STE
  • DOWNLOAD: Demozoo.org
  • COMPOSER: Mystic Bytes
  • RELEASED: Demo released at Silly Venture 2012
  • MUSIC: Music: Wieczor
  • CODING: Cyprian / Kalms / Wachu
  • GRAPHICS: Dieu / Hospes

Hyperbased (Amiga & Soundtracker)

  • HARDWARE: Amiga & Soundtracker
  • MUSIC TRACK: Firefox & Tip - Hyperbased (Enigma theme)

Speed of Time by Timbral (Atari Falcon 030)

  • HARDWARE: Atari Falcon (Media Player is the ACE Tracker 2)
  • COMPOSER: Timbral (Falcon Fdi & Cubase 8.5 / 33khz Sample rate)
  • RELEASED: 1992

  1. Soundtracker Modules (Amiga)
  2. FastTracker List (Ms-Dos)

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