Mrs. Schroeder's Website

Please read the information below and perform any tasks asked of you.    Mrs. Schroeder will be giving you a number. Write it down on a piece of paper.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

You have been named to part of a team who is researchign the history of computers. Your 'boss', Dr. Gigabyte, has asked you to search the Internet for information. To follow are a list of important names and terms from the history of computers. Take the number that Mrs. Schroeder has given you. This is the subject area that you will research. You are to write a 1 page paper hand written on your topic. This is due on Friday when you take your final in Technology Rotation.

SUBJECTS

1) Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby

2) Steve Russell & MIT

3) John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

4) Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer

5) Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse & Windows

6) ARPAnet

7) Alan Shugart &IBM -The "Floppy" Disk

8) Microsoft Windows

9) The IBM PC - Home Computer

10) The Ethernet Computer Networking

11) Dr. Herman Hollerith

12) Whirlwind computer

13) The IBM 650, aka the Magnetic Drum Calculator

14) William Gates

15) Stephen Jobs

16) Steve Wozniak

17) TRS-80 Model 100

18) Y2K

19) Toy Story

20) Apple MacIntosh

HELPFUL HINTS FOR THIS PAPER

1. Today is the only day you have to research.
2. Print off information as you find it.
3. You will then have time to write your paper by Friday

WEBSITES

The History of Computers

History of Computers

Inventors of the Modern Computers

SpaceWar

Floppy disks

Microsoft Windows History

Inventors

Triumph of the Nerds

Apple Computers

Computer History Museum

Illustrated History of Computers