Friday, March 18, 2011

Revolution - 2000 years of computing (Part Two, the Age of PC and beyond)

Xerox Parc 1, Predecessor of PC and Apple Macintosh, notice it has a mouse
Another invention from Xerox PARC, bean bag.
Apple vs PC, round 1
Can you recognize the young Steve Jobs in the photo?
You heard of Steve Jobs, but you probably never heard of Dan Estridge, whose team created PC.
An early "portable" computer, weighted only 23.5 pounds. Want one?
This mock-up eBook was created in the 60s. It looks just like my Kindle DX! Some design takes decades to be realized.
A mock-up prototype of Palm Pilot and its stylus. During the creation of Palm Pilot, engineers created different prototypes to help them testing their design. 
Google's home made servers, used to power their famous search engine. All the unnecessary things were stripped out. It mostly contains CPUs and network devices.
Details of the Google servers. Note its resemblance to the logic unit of CRAY-1.
Self Portrait

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