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A – The IBM “Deep Blue” supercomputer; defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.

B – The Apple 1 personal computer (the first Apple product), for sale in 1976 for the price of $666.66.

C – Douglas Engelbart’s 1967 mouse prototype (no joke, it’s made of wood).

D – Herman Hollerith’s 1889 tabulation/census machine; it electronically “read” punch-cards; in 1911 he sold the patent to a small company known as the International Business Machines corporation (IBM).

E – Data cards from J. M. Jacquard’s 1804 programmable textile loom.

F – An example of the detailed “printing” of Jacquard’s loom (you’re looking at a woven image).

G – A WWII Enigma code machine.

H – The 1949 IBM 604 Calculator; IBM’s first mass-produced computer.

I – The Rand JOHNNIAC computer, used for scientific computing in 1954.

J – Detail of the stylish 50’s JOHNNIAC nameplate (looks like a car or a fridge).

K – IBM core memory for the 1954 SAGE air defense system computer used by NORAD.

L – The first Google Production Server, 1999.

M – The 1954 SAGE air defense system computer used by NORAD.

N – Detail of SAGE’s built-in cigarette lighter and ashtray (you gotta love the 50’s).

O – The guidance computer for a 1962 Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic (nuclear) missile.

P – The MIT 1965 Apollo spacecraft guidance computer.

Q – University of Tokyo’s Biper-4 bipedal robotic legs, 1983.

R – The 1976 Cray-1 supercomputer.

S – The 1985 Cray-2 supercomputer, with stylish fluid cooling tower.

T – The 1971 Computer Space arcade game; the first commercially available video game.

U – The Apple 1 personal computer, autographed by Steve Wozniak.

V – Detail of “Woz” autograph.

W – A pre-1956 RAMAC prototype; the world’s first disc-drive.