So who made it first???

shaun89 · shaun89 #1 (**permalink**)

11-23-2004, 05:24 PM

Hey. I was thinking about what computer was first made. I looked on different sites but they were all differnt. So yeah, dwas the first computer mac or windows? If it was mac, then wouldn't windows be made on a mac? Or is it the opposite?? I don't get it....

hype.it · hype.it #2 (**permalink**)

11-23-2004, 05:48 PM

Here's a list.... and it wasn't Apple or IBM.

http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml

rman · rman #3 (**permalink**)

11-23-2004, 06:39 PM

Thanks for sharing. :cool:

shaun89 · shaun89 #4 (**permalink**)

11-30-2004, 04:52 PM

Interesting... thanks for that!

Avalon · Avalon #5 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 04:10 AM

Before Windows, there have been a lot of different computer brands, with different operating systems...Windows is only recent computer history, and came long after the Lisa (predecessor of the Mac).
There were systems using a graphical user interface before Windows. When the Atari ST, the Commodore Amiga or the first Mac came out (all being GUI-based), PC users back then still mainly used MS DOS, which was only a command line interface.

Google around a bit about computer history, and you will see that, allthough Microsoft is number one today, there has been a computer world before that aera... :cool:

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #6 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 07:46 AM

Xerox is where Gates got the idea for DOS is memory serves me correctly

schweb · schweb #7 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 08:11 AM

Gates didn't get an idea for "DOS" he bought it from someone else, made a few slight modifications and bam...a monopolistic empire

Avalon · Avalon #8 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 09:57 AM

The ancestor of MS DOS is CP/M, which Gates bought, but not from Xerox.
Xerox is the inventor of the graphical user interface, on which all early GUI systems are based.

Just for the record: MS DOS isn't MS Windows, and vice versa...

It seems that there are lots of people here that are too young to know much about the pre-Windows aera... gee, makes me feel so old...

neye:

vuschejan · vuschejan #9 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 03:59 PM

What about the Eniac? or the Mark V? Mark V was 1945. before the one on the other web site.

MacAddikt · MacAddikt #10 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 04:06 PM

more here:
http://www.computerhistory.org/

hype.it · hype.it #11 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 04:18 PM

during Windows and MAc os... where was Sun Microsystems in all of this? and UNIX?

shaun89 · shaun89 #12 (**permalink**)

12-01-2004, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacAddikt

more here:
http://www.computerhistory.org/

Those are some ugly machines. Thanks for that link. I will check it out later. Looks kinda cool!!!

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shaun89 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2004 Posts: 1,072	11-23-2004, 05:24 PM Hey. I was thinking about what computer was first made. I looked on different sites but they were all differnt. So yeah, dwas the first computer mac or windows? If it was mac, then wouldn't windows be made on a mac? Or is it the opposite?? I don't get it....
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hype.it #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 27, 2004 Location: China Posts: 738 Mac Specs: Dual 2.2GHz powered by AMD Opteron - Sends G5 & 8Gb Ram to scrap heap Yeah! finally switched BACK!	11-23-2004, 05:48 PM Here's a list.... and it wasn't Apple or IBM. http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml
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Member Since: Apr 09, 2004 Posts: 1,072	11-30-2004, 04:52 PM Interesting... thanks for that!
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Avalon #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2004 Location: Luxemburg, Europe Posts: 1,779 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (June 2004), 2.5GB, Airport, black 5G iPod 30GB, white MacBook 2.0 2GB	12-01-2004, 04:10 AM Before Windows, there have been a lot of different computer brands, with different operating systems...Windows is only recent computer history, and came long after the Lisa (predecessor of the Mac). There were systems using a graphical user interface before Windows. When the Atari ST, the Commodore Amiga or the first Mac came out (all being GUI-based), PC users back then still mainly used MS DOS, which was only a command line interface. Google around a bit about computer history, and you will see that, allthough Microsoft is number one today, there has been a computer world before that aera... :cool:
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Avalon #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2004 Location: Luxemburg, Europe Posts: 1,779 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (June 2004), 2.5GB, Airport, black 5G iPod 30GB, white MacBook 2.0 2GB	12-01-2004, 09:57 AM The ancestor of MS DOS is CP/M, which Gates bought, but not from Xerox. Xerox is the inventor of the graphical user interface, on which all early GUI systems are based. Just for the record: MS DOS isn't MS Windows, and vice versa... It seems that there are lots of people here that are too young to know much about the pre-Windows aera... gee, makes me feel so old... neye:
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vuschejan #9 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	12-01-2004, 03:59 PM What about the Eniac? or the Mark V? Mark V was 1945. before the one on the other web site.
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MacAddikt #10 (permalink)
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