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May 11, 1951: RAM Is Born

May 11th, 2010 | No Comments

1951: Jay Forrester files a patent application for the matrix core memory.
Back when computers still weighed hundreds of pounds and were primarily used by the military, computer memory relied on cathode rays to retrieve information. But the Navy needed a faster computer that could run flight simulations in real time.
In stepped a team at the [...]

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March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems

March 8th, 2010 | No Comments

1955: Computer pioneer Doug Ross demonstrates the Director tape for MIT’s Whirlwind machine. It’s a new idea: a permanent set of instructions on how the computer should operate.
Six years in the making, MIT’s Whirlwind computer was the first digital computer that could display real-time text and graphics on a video terminal, which was then just [...]

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