Today in History of Computer - 16th July

[Dhilipkumar]

Name: Reynold B. Johnson


Born:July 16, 1906


Death:September 15, 1998

He was an American inventor
and computer pioneer known as the father of the disk drive.


He Invented the automatic
test scoring equipment which he sold to his longtime employer IBM.


He also invented the
Videocassette tape.


And Developed the
microphonograph technology used in the Fisher Price "Talk to Me
Books."
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Name: Daniel S. Bricklin


Born:July 16, 1951 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

He Created VisiCalc And
Helped to develop the first word processing system.
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July
16, 1997

15 years ago


Microsoft releases DirectX 5.0
(4.05.00.0155).

[ssparikshya]

good history

[Sritam]

then where is good civics and geograpky of computers ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????