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Machines

73 entries, ordered by year of introduction. Filter by decade, class, or status.

NameYearsStatusClassManufacturer
Zuse Z11938LostEarly computerKonrad Zuse
Zuse Z31941–1945LostEarly computerKonrad Zuse
Colossus1943–1945LostEarly computerTommy Flowers / GPO
Harvard Mark I1944–1959DeadEarly computerHoward Aiken / IBM
ENIAC1945–1955DeadEarly computerEckert & Mauchly / UPenn
Manchester Baby1948LostEarly computerWilliams & Kilburn / Manchester
CSIRAC1949–1964DeadEarly computerPearcey & Beard / CSIRO
EDSAC1949–1958DeadEarly computerMaurice Wilkes / Cambridge
Manchester Mark 11949–1950LostEarly computerWilliams & Kilburn / Ferranti
Pilot ACE1950–1956DeadEarly computerAlan Turing's design / NPL
LEO I1951–1965DeadMainframeJ. Lyons & Co.
UNIVAC I1951–1963DeadMainframeEckert–Mauchly / Remington Rand
Whirlwind I1951–1959DeadEarly computerMIT
IAS Machine1952–1960DeadEarly computervon Neumann / IAS Princeton
IBM 7011952–1955DeadMainframeIBM
IBM 6501953–1962DeadMainframeIBM
IBM 7041954–1960DeadMainframeIBM
Ferranti Pegasus1956–1962DeadMainframeFerranti
LGP-301956–1964DeadMinicomputerLibrascope
IBM 7091958–1962DeadMainframeIBM
IBM 7090/70941959–1969DeadMainframeIBM
PDP-11959–1969DeadMinicomputerDigital Equipment Corporation
Burroughs B50001961–1968DeadMainframeBurroughs
Ferranti Atlas1962–1971DeadMainframeManchester / Ferranti
CDC 66001964–1970DeadSupercomputerSeymour Cray / CDC
IBM System/3601964–1978DeadMainframeIBM
PDP-71964–1971DeadMinicomputerDigital Equipment Corporation
GE-6451965–1973DeadMainframeGeneral Electric
PDP-81965–1990DeadMinicomputerDigital Equipment Corporation
PDP-101966–1983DeadMainframeDigital Equipment Corporation
PDP-111970–1997DeadMinicomputerDigital Equipment Corporation
ILLIAC IV1972–1981DeadSupercomputerUIUC / Burroughs
Xerox Alto1973–1981DeadWorkstationXerox PARC
Altair 88001975–1977DeadHome computerMITS
IMSAI 80801975–1978DeadHome computerIMSAI
Apple I1976–1977DeadHome computerWozniak / Apple
Cray-11976–1982DeadSupercomputerSeymour Cray / Cray Research
Apple II1977–1993DeadHome computerWozniak / Apple
Commodore PET1977–1982DeadHome computerCommodore
TRS-801977–1981DeadHome computerTandy / RadioShack
VAX-11/7801977–1988DeadMinicomputerDigital Equipment Corporation
Atari 8001979–1983DeadHome computerAtari
Sinclair ZX801980–1981DeadHome computerSinclair Research
Apollo DN1001981–1989DeadWorkstationApollo Computer
BBC Micro1981–1994DeadHome computerAcorn
IBM PC1981–1987DeadPersonal computerIBM
Osborne 11981–1983DeadPortableOsborne Computer
Sinclair ZX811981–1984DeadHome computerSinclair Research
Xerox Star1981–1983DeadWorkstationXerox
Commodore 641982–1994DeadHome computerCommodore
HP 90001982–2008DeadWorkstationHewlett-Packard
Sun-11982–1986DeadWorkstationSun Microsystems
ZX Spectrum1982–1992DeadHome computerSinclair Research
Apple Lisa1983–1986DeadPersonal computerApple
Symbolics 36001983–1988DeadWorkstationSymbolics
Inmos Transputer1984–1994DeadParallel processorInmos
LMI Lambda1984–1987DeadWorkstationLisp Machines Inc.
Macintosh 128K1984–1985DeadPersonal computerApple
Amiga 10001985–1987DeadHome computerAmiga Corp. / Commodore
Atari ST1985–1993DeadHome computerAtari
Connection Machine CM-11985–1989DeadSupercomputerThinking Machines
TI Explorer1985–1990DeadWorkstationTexas Instruments
IBM RT PC1986–1991DeadWorkstationIBM
Acorn Archimedes1987–1996DeadHome computerAcorn
IBM AS/4001988–1997SupersededMidrangeIBM
SPARCstation 11989–1994DeadWorkstationSun Microsystems
NeXTstation1990–1993DeadWorkstationNeXT
DEC AlphaStation1992–1999DeadWorkstationDigital Equipment Corporation
SGI Indy1993–1997DeadWorkstationSilicon Graphics
BeBox1995–1997DeadWorkstationBe Inc.
IBM System z2000–AliveMainframeIBM
iPhone2007–AliveSmartphoneApple
HTC Dream / T-Mobile G12008–2009DeadSmartphoneHTC / Google