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Timeline of Computer History

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Dover laser printer

Laser printer invented at Xerox PARC

Simon featured on the November 1950 Scientific American cover

Plans to build the Simon 1 relay logic machine are published

Deep Thought I circuit board

Computer defeats master chess player

DEC Alpha chip die-shot

DEC announces Alpha chip architecture

Stanford’s Stanley self-driving vehicle

Stanford's autonomous vehicle wins 2005 DARPA “Grand Challenge”