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- Pinasco, on 07/14/2008, -1/+38WTF, no Commodore 64?
- nakile, on 07/15/2008, -1/+20Wait, no Amiga or Cray supercomputer? They should have made it a list of 12 and put those in.
- waydee, on 07/15/2008, -0/+14Sorely lacking the C64 or a Sinclair ZX80/81 - these were the machines that taught an entire generation of programmers, the first of the cheap home computers with the potential to do amazing things.
- vroom101, on 07/15/2008, -1/+14Commodore 64
1. http://ergonomenon.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/com ... (ergonomenon.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/commodore64.JPG) via http://ergonomenon.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/commod ... (ergonomenon.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/commodore-64-to-imac-g5-a-child-of-the-computer-age/)
2. http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/c64/index.htm (www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/c64/index.htm)
Cray X-MP
3. http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/ral86/ ... (www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/ral86/orig/r86r5866.jpg) via http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/ccd/literature ... (www.chilton-computing.org.uk/ccd/literature/ccd_annual_reports/p002.htm)
4. http://www.webstart.com/jed/house/jpg-images/CrayX ... and http://www.webstart.com/jed/house/jpg-images/nltss ... (www.webstart.com/jed/house/jpg-images/CrayX-MP48-newsline-1986-c.jpg and www.webstart.com/jed/house/jpg-images/nltss-xmp-pic.jpg) via http://www.webstart.com/jed/house/ (www.webstart.com/jed/house/)
IBM System/360 (S/360)
5. http://static.cray-cyber.org/Comprooms/LARGE/IBM_3 ... via http://www.cray-cyber.org/pictures/comprooms.php (www.cray-cyber.org/pictures/comprooms.php) - inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+12ZX81
- CrispyBeef, on 07/15/2008, -0/+11Have to agree with the other posters here; Spectrums, C64s, and Amigas, where are they? They spawned bedroom coding which went on to explode into the games industry we know today. Look at the roots of the founders of some of the biggest games studios and where they started out...
Also what about the Colossus used to break German codes from 1943? - ozziek, on 07/15/2008, -0/+11Buried as BS, the Amiga had pre-emptive multi-tasking in a 256k Kickstart ROM. Sure it couldn't keep up with the expansion capabilities of the IBM PC and compatibles but it was a benchmark in computing.
We played games, multi-tasked, did graphics and Video with 1 meg of RAM!
They made most of Babylon 5 on the Amiga with Video toaster (which granted is like plugging a super computer into it and using the keyboard and mouse) and it's design with a dedicated sound chip, graphics chip and processor was revolutionary at the time.
This article is bull. - evilregis, on 07/15/2008, -0/+10Yeah, I'm just going to waste a comment to say that I agree with everyone else. The list sucks. No C64, no Amiga, no Colossus = no digg.
- FikusErectus, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9I agree with most people here. The Colossus helped win World War 2. How can that not be on the list? Everyone I knew who were into computers 20 years ago had a Commodore (Pet, 64, 128). The Commodore 64 alone was more popular than any Mac at the time and like someone said earlier helped create the video game industry we have now.
- acontorer, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Note to web designers: ONE PAGE! PUT IT ALL ON ONE PAGE! Thank you.
- MrZammler, on 07/15/2008, -2/+9Buried as inaccurate... No Commodore stuff in there...
- brainflakes, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7No Colossus? No Z1? No Baby? Once again the yanks re-write history!
- FeargusMcDuff, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7Where's the colossus? Damned biased list...
- DteK, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5err, no PDP-1, or any PDP for that matter?
- vparikh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4This article is a total bunk. How can you not include the Commodore 64 or the Amiga? Everyone I know who got into comp sci did it because this little machine introduced them. And the Amiga - pre-emptive multi-tasking in a 256k of ROM and you we were playing games, editing video and coding up GUI that the Mac wished it had.
- wilsondus, on 07/15/2008, -1/+5I think instead of the Macintosh, he should have listed the Lisa. Sure, the mac is what became sucessful, but the Lisa with it's mouse (purchased from Xerox), cool new OS, etc., are what lead to the development of the Mac in the first place...
- hokie47, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3What no Packard Bell
- Balanced, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3So was Turing.
- Blitzking, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I was waiting for the iPhone to be in that list
/sarcasm - Mothrog, on 07/15/2008, -2/+5Yeah. Nothing says revolutionary like pretty colors! Dunce.
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3rofl
- jemka, on 07/15/2008, -1/+41. Write down first ten old computers you can think of.
2. Write a very generic summary from wikipedia about each computer.
3. Post it on your blog????
4. Profit - dnields, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I only see one Macintosh on that list. The Apple II was obviously made by Apple, but it is far from being a Mac.
- MikeyMoose, on 01/30/2009, -0/+3Indeed. Buried as lame for no PDP:
http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/pdp-11/real_programme ... - Balanced, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3While it's also a cliche expression, the iMac was something of a 'perfect storm' in that while not in and of itself revolutionary, it brought together a lot of useful elements: USB (around, but not common), all-in-one, no floppy, see--through plastic, etc.
Also, keep in mind that you can give two engineers and designers the same specs and get two machines. Both may technically fulfill the requirements, but one does so better than the other. This is what separates the great engineers from the mediocre and what the iMac is an example of.
I still don't think it quite qualifies as an item on this list, though. - Tiesto, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I have 5 boxed zx81's and 2 rubber keyed spectrum 48's
- bipolarruledout, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2The IBM PC changed everything. The fact that any x86 machine ever made will still run the very same software written for the IBM PC is proof of it's overwhelming influence.
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -3/+5The Amiga 1000 should have been on this list. Oh well, ***** it, it's another slide show featured on digg. I wanna resurrect Alan Turing and get his opinion on ***** web slide shows with tiny ass pics and anemic associated text. click/wait click/wait, I'm guessing he'd commit suicide or something. After all, these slide shows are pretty gay.
- HairyFotr, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Who dugg him down?
Zuse should be up there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_(computer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankalkül
I also recommend reading his autobiography The Computer - My Life. - fox92, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Buried for not mentioning colossus the computer that broke the enigma code.
- jswanner, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2fyi: the date in the article was 1822, not 1882 (as stated in the summary)
- paulwalker71, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2or the Spectrum
- reverendshort, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I thought I was going to be the only one but, the Commodore is one of the computers that brought technology into pop culture. It was very influential. You can pic which one but, I personally loved the C64. I think the Amiga was amazing also. The Amiga was used for years to do special effects on Babylon 5. I guess you can't fit all the computers on the list though.
- ozziek, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Absolutely it was niche (the Amiga) but technically it was so much more advanced. We had sound sampling and 4 channel mixing etc. The problem was none of this was capitalised on so Mac worked Midi well and became the music producers choice and the flexibility of the PC in terms of sticking new cards in made it expandable. The Amiga on the other hand was just damn expensive to upgrade. I remember spending £400 on it to boost the processor to a 68020 instead of a 68000.
Granted it friggin flew and Interceptor was as smooth as silk but £400!???
Amiga rocked. I loved it and miss it every time I see modern OS's fail to multi-task as well. - Elranzer, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2AdBlock = No Profits
- bipolarruledout, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2If there is a better mainstream notebook I have yet to find it. Love these machies!
- YodaJones, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Another ***** web site with one sentence blurbs and a picture spread out over ten pages. Eat *****. Buried for ad whoredom.
- ParanoydAndroid, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I agree with your first point, but I wanted to point out that Colossus wasn't fully programmable, and therefore may not count based on ones definition.
- jbmcb, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1The Zuse Z3 was Turing complete and came three years before Colossus, which was basically a somewhat programmable calculator. Colossus was historically significant, but not a revolution in computing. The difference engine gets a nod because nobody had even tried a machine that complex before.
What's a 2 MAC? - trollick, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1How the ***** is Roadrunner a revolutionary computer??? Then you have to mention every computer that was the most powerful at some point.
- inactive, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1No *****, thats why I wrote that.
- bipolarruledout, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Can't say is wasn't revolutionary.... for failure. To think that I had owned one and nearly forgoten about it. Thanks but no thanks.
- waydee, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1This is true yet they found room for two Apples which didn't change a thing apart from create a legion of ***** fanboys.
- asskicker32, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I was just thinking "Not enough cray"
- kaosethema, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1he said "Revolutionary"...
- dnields, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1"what lead to the development of the Mac in the first place..."
That computer is already on the list... the Xerox PARC Alto. - asskicker32, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1And many people call a Mac a MAC. Just because it happens doesnt mean it is not incorrect.
- azAZ09, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1From the don't feed the trolls dept.
How blogwhore-writers create top "X" list attempting to build traffic.
1. Create the list.
2. Subtract the two or three key entries--ones that fans obsess over--that are sure to start a flame war.
3. Submit to Digg. - PopcornDave, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I'm curious why the Osborne I or the Kaypro II (?) didn't make the list as the first portable computer. Granted they were heavy as hell, but they did have a built in screen.
- inactive, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1well done
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