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transition into commercialization [] || ||
 * 1951 || The first commercial computer, the "First Ferranti MARK I" is now functional at Manchester University (http://www.computerhope.com/history/194060.htm)
 * 1953 || [|IBM] introduces the first IBM computer, the [|701](http://www.computerhope.com/history/194060.htm)
 * 1954 || The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator established itself as the first mass-produced computer, with the company selling 450 in one year. Spinning at 12,500 rpm, the 650´s magnetic data-storage drum allowed much faster access to stored material than drum memory machines. (http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1954) ||
 * 1955
 * 1954 || The IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator established itself as the first mass-produced computer, with the company selling 450 in one year. Spinning at 12,500 rpm, the 650´s magnetic data-storage drum allowed much faster access to stored material than drum memory machines. (http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1954) ||
 * 1955
 * 1955

1956 || First meeting of SHARE, the IBM users group, convened. User groups became a significant educational force allowing companies to communicate innovations and users to trade information. (http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1955)

Bell Labs introduces its first transistor computer. Transistors are faster, smaller and create less heat than traditional vacuum tubs, making these computers more reliable and efficient. (http://www.computerhope.com/history/194060.htm)

On September 13, 1956 the [|IBM 305 RAMAC] is the first computer to be shipped with a [|hard disk drive] that contained 50 24-inch platters and was capable of storing 5 million characters and weighed a ton. (http://www.computerhope.com/history/194060.htm) || || ||
 * 1959 || [|Motorola] produces the two-way, fully transistorized mobile radio
 * 1962 || -Spacewar! : The first computer game invented by Steve Russell (<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa090198.htm)