Difference between revisions of "Technology timeline"
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:'''1972''' I purchased my first cassette recorder (BASF) | :'''1972''' I purchased my first cassette recorder (BASF) | ||
:'''1973''' I saw a pocket calculator for the first time (it was a Sinclair, and I hated the reverse Polish) | :'''1973''' I saw a pocket calculator for the first time (it was a Sinclair, and I hated the reverse Polish) | ||
| − | :'''1974''' I purchased my first Texas Instruments | + | :'''1974''' I purchased my first Texas Instruments calculator |
| − | :'''1974''' I used a teletype terminal with tickertape storage for the first time | + | :'''1974''' I used a teletype terminal with tickertape storage for the first time |
:'''1974''' I first started writing my own computer programs in BASIC | :'''1974''' I first started writing my own computer programs in BASIC | ||
:'''1975''' I used an alcohol-based Banda copying machine for the first time | :'''1975''' I used an alcohol-based Banda copying machine for the first time | ||
Revision as of 23:33, 2 April 2010
When archeologists in 1000 years time look back at today's technology and want to state the year people started using microwave ovens, flat screens or memory sticks, for example, how difficult will it be for them to do this?
Therefore to help the out, this page is my personal technology timeline. It gives the years that I remember either personally using, seeing, or buying a piece of technology. As you will see, in some cases I was a late adopter and some cases an earlier adopter. Therefore this list will a least give future researchers some idea of the maximum year they can assign to a technology.
- 1960 I first touched an electric plug
- 1961 I first traveled on an ocean cruiser
- 1963 I first traveled on an airplane
- 1964 I saw a typewriter for the first time
- 1964 I touched a camera for the first time (a Voightlander)
- 1965 I touched an electric torch (flashlight) for the first time
- 1965 I first used an electric toaster
- 1965 I first wired an electric plug
- 1965 I first touched a transistor radio
- 1965 I first touched a black and white television
- 1965 I saw vacuum valves for the first time
- 1965 I experienced my first electric shock when playing with electricity
- 1965 I lit a match for the first time
- 1965 I used an alarm clock for the first time
- 1965 I used a typewriter for the first time
- 1966 I received my first battery-operated toy car
- 1966 I saw a reel-to-reel tape recorder for the first time
- 1966 I used a vinyl record player for the first time
- 1966 I first used a soldering iron
- 1968 I saw an electric cattle fence for the first time
- 1969 I used a slide rule for the first time
- 1971 I had my first 126 format camera, with magnesium flashbulbs
- 1972 I purchased my own Liebig condenser
- 1972 I purchased my first cassette recorder (BASF)
- 1973 I saw a pocket calculator for the first time (it was a Sinclair, and I hated the reverse Polish)
- 1974 I purchased my first Texas Instruments calculator
- 1974 I used a teletype terminal with tickertape storage for the first time
- 1974 I first started writing my own computer programs in BASIC
- 1975 I used an alcohol-based Banda copying machine for the first time
- 1976 I purchased my first SLR camera (Pentax), with external electronic flash
- 1977 I first used infrared film in my camera
- 1977 I used a photocopier for the first time
- 1977 I saw an LED wrist watch for the first time
- 1977 I touched a MOSFET for the first time
- 1977 I touched a CCD for the first time
- 1977 I saw one and two inch silicon wafers for the first time
- 1977 I saw a semiconductor clean room for the first time
- 1978 I started programming in Fortran using punched card storage
- 1979 I bought my first pocket calculator with scientific functions (Casio)
- 1980 I first started using a VMS operating system on a VAX
- 1982 I used a personal computer for the first time (it was called a DAI, with 16K RAM)
- 1982 I used CAD tools for the first time (Solartron-Schlumberger)
- 1982 I bought my first car
- 1983 I started using BBC Micromputers
- 1984 I purchased my first hand-held Nintendo Donkey Kong game
- 1986 I purchase my first microwave oven
- 1986 I used a supermarket with a barcode check-out for the first time.
- 1986 I purchased my first colour TV
- 1986 I sent my first ever email
- 1986 I first started using the UNIX operating system
- 1986 I used a laser printer for the first time
- 1986 I used my first Sun Microsystems terminal
- 1987 I programmed my first Z80
- 1987 I first started using internet newsgroups
- 1987 I started using LaTeX
- 1987 I first touched MS-DOS, Microsoft, and Apple products (though remained a hardcore Unix guy)
- 1988 I bought my first Commodore 64
- 2000 I sadly ditched my Sun Microsystems computer and totally went PC with Microsoft
- 2007 I happily ditched all my PCs and went MAC OSX
- 2007 I bought my first MacAir laptop
