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The machines that started it all — the Analytical Engine and the Antikythera mechanism, the codebreaking Colossus, the room-sized ENIAC, and the first microcomputers.

Antikythera Mechanism

Antikythera Mechanism

Analytical Engine

Analytical Engine

Colossus Computer

Colossus Computer

Harvard Mark I

ENIAC

Altair 8800

Altair 8800

Apple I

Apple I

Commodore 64

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