MyCoins

Designed by John V. Blankenbaker using standard medium-- and small-scale integrated circuits, the Kenbak-1 relied on switches for input and lights for output from its 256-byte memory. In 1973, after selling only 40 machines, Kenbak Corporation closed its doors. On April 7, IBM announced five models of System/360, spanning a 50-to-1 performance range. At the same press conference, IBM also announced 40 completely new peripherals for the new family. References & Where To Learn More: The modern era of digital computers began in the late 1930s and early 1940s in the United States , Britain, and Germany. Their programs were stored on punched paper tape or cards, and they had limited internal data storage. For historical developments, see the section Invention of the modern computer. Wearable Computing The PC Jr. is marketed as a home computer but is too expensive and  mindfulmediapr limited in performance to compete with many of the other machines in that market. It offered i...