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Here is a list of notable computers.
{ Some nice list of ancient computers is here: https://xnumber.com/xnumber/frame_malbum.htm. ~drummyfish }
| name | year | specs (max, approx) | comment |
| --------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Antikythera mechanism | -125 | ~30 gears, largest with 223 teth | 1st known comp., by Greeks (mech., analog) |
| [abacus ](abacus.md ) |-2500 | | one of the simplest digital counting tools |
| Antikythera mechanism | -125 | ~30 gears, largest with 223 teth | 1st known analog comp., by Greeks (mechanical) |
| Shickard's calculating clock | 1623 | 17 wheels | 1st known calculator, could multiply, add and sub.|
| [Arithmometer ](arithmometer.md ) | 1820 | 6 digit numebrs | 1st commercial calculator (add, sub., mult.) |
| Difference Engine | 1822 | 8 digit numbers, 24 axles, 96 wheels | mech. digital comp. of polynomials, by Babbage |
| Analytical Engine design | 1837 | ~16K RAM, 40 digit numbers | 1st general purpose comp, not realized, by Babbage|
| [Z3 ](z3.md ) | 1941 | 176B RAM, CPU 10Hz 22bit 2600 relays | 1st fully programmable electronic digital computer|
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| [Amiga ](amiga.md ) | 1985 | 256K RAM, 256K ROM, CPU 7MHz 16bit, AmigaOS | personal compuer by Commodore, ahead of its time |
| [SNES ](snes.md ) | 1990 | 128K RAM, 64K VRAM, CPU 21MHz 16bit | game console, NES successor |
| [PlayStation ](playstation.md ) | 1994 | 2M RAM, 1M VRAM, CPU 33MHz 32bit, CD-ROM | popular TV-connected game console by Sony |
| [TI ](texas_instruments.md )-80 | 1995 | 7K RAM, CPU 980KHz, 48x64 1bit screen | famous programmable graphing calculator |
| [Deep Blue ](deep_blue.md ) | 1995 | 30 128MHz CPUs, ~11 GFLOPS | 1st computer to defeat world chess champion |
| [Nintendo 64 ](n64.md ) | 1996 | 8M RAM, CPU 93MHz 64bit, 64M ROM cartr. | famous TV-connected game console |
| [GameBoy Color ](gbc.md ) | 1998 | 32K RAM, 16K VRAM, CPU 2MHz 8bit, 160x144 | handheld gaming console from Ninetendo |
| [GameBoy Color ](gbc.md ) | 1998 | 32K RAM, 16K VRAM, CPU 2MHz 8bit, 160x144 | handheld gaming console by Ninetendo |
| [GameBoy Advance ](gba.md ) | 2001 | ~256K RAM, 96K VRAM, CPU 16MHz 32bit ARM, 240x160 | successor to GBC |
| [Xbox ](xbox.md ) | 2001 | 64M RAM, CPU 733MHz Pentium III | TV-connected game console by Micro$oft |
| [Nintendo DS ](nds.md ) | 2004 | 4M RAM, 256K ROM, CPU ARM 67MHz, touchscreen | famous handheld game console by Nintendo |
| [iPhone ](iphone.md ) (aka spyphone) | 2007 | 128M RAM, CPU ARM 620MHz, GPU, cam., Wifi, 480x320| first of the harmful Apple "smartphones" |
| [ThinkPad ](thinkpad.md ) X200 | 2008 | 8G RAM, CPU 2.6GHz, Wifi | legendary laptop, great constr., freedom friendly |
| [ThinkPad ](thinkpad.md ) T400 | 2008 | 8G RAM, CPU 2.8GHz, Wifi | legendary laptop, great constr., freedom friendly |
| [Raspberry Pi 3 ](rpi.md ) | 2016 | 1G RAM, CPU 1.4GHz ARM, Wifi | very popular tiny inexpensive SBC |
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|[PD computer](public_domain_computer.md) | | | planned LRS computer |
|[Turing machine](turing_machine.md) | | | important theoretical computer by Alan Turing |
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