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This Day In Tech History
- 1938 - The first outline of the Harvard Mark I is circulated at IBM.
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The Stanford Arm becomes the first successful electrically powered, computer controlled robotic arm. 5 years later, it could assemble a Ford Model T water pump. This arm led directly to commercial production, and its designer later created the legendary PUMA systems.
Bell Labs employees create the legendary UNIX operating system.
The almighty ARPANet is born, grandaddy of the internet as we know it.
The first Interface Message Processor is installed at UCLA.
The legendary semiconductor manufacturer MOS Technology is founded.
The Honeywell "Kitchen Computer" is the first computer offered as a consumer product after appearing in a Neiman Marcus catalog.