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From the Altair 8800's blinking LEDs to the MacBook M1's unified memory, across eight lineages. The 1977 Trinity — Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 — established the consumer PC. The 1981 IBM PC accidentally created an open platform the clone industry took over. The 1984 Mac introduced the GUI to the masses. Meanwhile in Cambridge, the BBC Micro planted seeds that grew into the ARM architecture — now inside every iPhone, Android phone, and Apple laptop. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web on a NeXT Cube. Dashed markers show acquisitions and closures. Hover any node for details.