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Generation 2
Transistor Computers
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1953
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University of Manchester Transistor Computer 1953 (prototype) 1955 (full scale) experimental
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1954
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Bell Labs TRADIC for U.S. Air Force
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1955
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Harwell CADET demonstrated February 1955, one-off scientific computer
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IBM 608 transistor calculator (its development was preceded by the prototyping of an experimental all-transistor version of the 604 demonstrated in October 1954), announced 1955, first shipped Dec 1957
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1956
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Electrotechnical Laboratory ETL Mark III (Japan) experimental, began development 1954, completed 1956, Japan's first transistorized stored-program computer.
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Mouse in the Maze - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/mouse-in-the-maze​
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Tic-Tac-Toe - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/tic-tac-toe_______
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1957
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Burroughs SM-65 Atlas ICBM Guidance Computer MOD1, AN/GSQ-33 (no relation to Manchester ATLAS)
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Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW) RW-30 airborne computer[5][6]
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NCR 304, announced in 1957, first delivery in 1959
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Univac TRANSTEC, for US Navy
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Univac ATHENA, US Air Force missile guidance (ground control)
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1958
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UNIVAC Solid State ("mostly" solid state)
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Philco Transac S-1000 scientific computer- Navy/NSA SOLO, one-off for NSA
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Philco Transac S-2000 electronic data processing computer[7]
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RCA 501 intended as a commercial system but used in military applications
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1959
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Olivetti Elea 9003
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IBM 7090
http://www.piercefuller.com/oldibm-shadow/index.html
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
Darwin - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/darwin​
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A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer (aka Kotok-McCarthy-Program) - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/a-chess-playing-program-for-the-ibm-7090-computer
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IBM 1620 Model I and successors IBM 1620 Model II
http://www.computerhistory.org/projects/ibm_1620/ibm1620/-
BBC Vik: The Baseball Demonstrator - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/bbc-vik-the-baseball-demonstrator​
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1620 Blackjack Demonstration - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/1620-blackjack-demonstration
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1620 Simulation of a One-Armed Bandit - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/1620-simulation-of-a-one-armed-bandit
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3D Tic-Tac-Toe - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/3d-tic-tac-toe_
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Blackjack Game - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/blackjack-game
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NEAC 2201 (NEC)
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DEC PDP-1
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
Spacewar! - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/spacewar__
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The Socratic System - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/socratic-system
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Siemens System 2002
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Standard Elektrik Lorenz SEL ER56
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1960
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Honeywell 800 first installation 1960
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DRTE Computer experimental
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AN/FSQ-32 (IBM 4020)
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Japan Electrotechnical Laboratory ETL Mark 5,
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Mitsubishi MELCOM 3409
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1961
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Plessey xL4
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LEO III
http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/software/leo3/base.htm -
Ferranti Sirius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti_Sirius
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NEC NEAC 2205
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Fujitsu FACOM 222
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Packard Bell 250 (no relation to the modern brand of personal computers, controller for hybrid digital/analog system)
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Matsushita MADIC IIA
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TRW-130[9] aka AN/UYK-1 for Transit submarine navigation satellite receivers
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Regnecentralen GIER
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1962
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Philco 212
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IBM 7094
http://www.piercefuller.com/oldibm-shadow/index.html
http://members.optushome.com.au/intaemul/Emul7094.htm
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
Theaterspiel - ​http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/theaterspiel
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Autonetics D-17B
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Telefunken TR4
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1963
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Librascope LGP-21
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IBM 7040 and IBM 7044
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Theaterspiel - ​http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/theaterspiel​
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CDC 3000 series
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CDC 3600 1963
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CDC 3200 1964
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CDC 3400,3800 1965
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CDC 3100,3300 1965
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Ferranti-Packard 6000
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Ferranti Argus 300
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T.E.M.P.E.R. (Technological Economic Military Political Evaluation Routine) - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/temper​
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DEC PDP-5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-5-
Dice Game - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/dice-game​
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Mac Hack VI, a.k.a. The Greenblatt Chess Program - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/mac-hack-vi​
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BESM 3M, 4 circa 1963
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Siemens 3003
1964
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GE NASA Scene Generator
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English Electric KDF9
http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/software/kdf9/base.htm -
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Spacewar! - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/spacewar__​
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T.E.M.P.E.R. (Technological Economic Military Political Evaluation Routine) - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/temper​
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Chess - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/mainframe_chess
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Titan (computer) (Atlas 2)
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Ural (computer) 11, 14
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Bunker-Ramo BR-133 aka AN/UYK-3
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1965
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GE-600 series (some integrated circuits)
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T.E.M.P.E.R. (Technological Economic Military Political Evaluation Routine) - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/temper​​
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Computer Control Company DDP-116
http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/minicomputers/11/336/1932
http://www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk/history/ddp_116.html
http://www.ddp116.org/-
Pool Game - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/pool-game​
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Elliot 903
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DEC PDP-7
The first version of Unix, and the first version of B, a predecessor of C, were written for the PDP-7 at Bell Labs, as was the first version (by DEC) of MUMPS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-7
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
PDP-7/9 Dice Playing Program - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/pdp-79-dice-playing-program​​
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Space Travel - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/space-travel
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DEC PDP-8
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
Hamurabi - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/hamurabi​
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IBM 1130 IBM's least-expensive computer at that time
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SDS 940
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/
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1966
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D4a built by Joachim Lehmann at the TU Dresden
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DEC PDP-9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-9
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
PDP-7/9 Dice Playing Program - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/pdp-79-dice-playing-program​
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1967
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1968
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DEC PDP-10 (first model only - later versions used ICs)
https://archive.org/details/200106-tops10-in-a-box
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/-
Digital Championship Football - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/digital-championship-football​
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The PDP-10 Timesharing World Series - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/pdp-10-timesharing-world-series
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Mac Hack VI, a.k.a. The Greenblatt Chess Program - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/mac-hack-vi​
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Baseball - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/baseball______
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PDP 10 Timesharing Basketball - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/pdp-10-timesharing-basketball
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The New Clea Casino - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/new-clea-casino
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BESM-6 (first model only - later versions used ICs)
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M-20
http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/m220.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_series_(computer)-
ITEP Chess Program - http://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/itep-chess-program​
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Moscow Power Engineering Institute M-54
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transistorized_computers
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