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The Electronic Age

The document provides a timeline of important developments in electronic technology from the 1930s to the 1970s, including the transistor, television, transistor radio, early computers like EDSAC and UNIVAC, the IBM 7090 with floating point hardware, and early personal computers like the HP 9800 and Apple I. It also mentions overhead projectors being introduced for military training during World War II.

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The Electronic Age

The document provides a timeline of important developments in electronic technology from the 1930s to the 1970s, including the transistor, television, transistor radio, early computers like EDSAC and UNIVAC, the IBM 7090 with floating point hardware, and early personal computers like the HP 9800 and Apple I. It also mentions overhead projectors being introduced for military training during World War II.

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ELECTRONIC AGE TIMELINE

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