Dates In History


1976 [Detail]
 8th January Science Museum open its Computer gallery to the public
 22nd January Dec System 20 introduced
 4th March Intel introduce SBC-80/10 "computer on a card"
 4th March Cray Research delivers the first Cray-1A
 1st April Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne found Apple Computer Inc.
 1st April ICL2960 system introduced
 1st April Calculator market expands
 20th May Burroughs introduce the large B7700 series
 July 1976 Zilog releases the Z80 microprocessor
 July 1976 Apple launches the Apple 1
 11th July K&E manufacture their last slide rule
 20th September Shugart Associates introduce the 5 1/4" floppy disk drive

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