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1966

1965 - Main index - 1967

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E604 Apr CDC 6400 Mainframes computer 5
E605 Apr Scientific Data Systems SDS 940 time-share 9
E606 May ACS Newsletter founded by Steven Gray 13
E607 Jul HP-2166a - world’s first 16-bit minicomputer 5
E3619 Jul French government launches Plan Calcul 5
E608 Aug DEC PDP-9 first micro-programmed minicomputer 5
E609 Aug First software patent ever awarded in the UK 9
E610 Nov Bob Taylor, Thomas Marill and Larry Roberts define ARPA networking requirements 11
E3620 ARPA provided Dr David Evans with $5m in funding at Utah University 11
E611 Bob Taylor attracted to ARPA from NASA, became IPTO director 5
E612 Carterphone decision 10
E613 Doug Engelbart's ARC develops NLS - On-Line System - and pioneers hypertext 11
E614 FAX Group 1 machines 10
E615 Hal Chamberlin Jr's HAL-4096 computer kit 6
E616 Honeywell DDP-516 - later selected for the ARPANET IMPs 5
E617 IBM IMS/DB - Information Management System Database 9
E618 John von Neumann posthumously publishes 'Theory of Self-Replicating Automata' 9
E619 Larry Roberts became chief scientist at ARPA's IPTO 5
E620 Martin Richards of the University of Cambridge develops BCPL - Basic Combined Programming Language 9
E621 Ralph H Baer at Sanders Associates creates his 'Brown Box' - a prototype video game 7
E622 Random Access memory first released - RAM 4
E3450 RC 4000 IC-based minicomputer released by A/S Regnecentralen 5
E623 Russia's BESM-6 - 355 built 5
E624 SDS Sigma 7 5
E625 Sharp CS-31A world-first IC-based calculator 3
E626 Sinclair Microvision 2
E627 TI handheld pocket calculator 3
E628 Transitron 16-bit TMC3162 RAM  developed by Tom Longo and team for the Honeywell 4200 minicomputer - first RAM in general supply 5

1965 - Main index - 1967

Indexes - Pioneers, Organisations, Story

Details of categories

1965 - Main index - 1967

 

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