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1915

  hardware - Computers - Some history and background #1
  hardware - Computers - Some history and background #2
  hardware - Computers - Some history and background #3
  hardware - Computers - Some history and background #4
  hardware - Computers - Some history and background #5


1961

  software JULY - Outer Space!


1968

  people DECEMBER - The Mother of All Demos


1977

  hardware - Building its own S-100 bus based system
  companies MAY - MITS - ALTAIR company is sold to Pertec
  hardware MAY - Apple II, first deliveries
  hardware MAY - The Z80-A becomes available in production quantities
  hardware JUNE - Commodore introduces the PET
  hardware JUNE - Lear-Siegler introduces the ADM-3A Video Display Terminal (VDT)
  companies JULY - Software Records, a bad idea...
  hardware JULY - Atari reveals its new VCS video game console
  hardware JULY - First Texas Instruments TI-57 sales
  companies AUGUST - 14 Computerland stores already opened
  hardware AUGUST - TRS-80 Model 1 now available
  software AUGUST - FORTRAN, Microsoft's second programming language
  hardware SEPTEMBER - ARCnet, the first local area network
  hardware SEPTEMBER - Bally Professional Arcade is announced
  hardware SEPTEMBER - Heathkit presents its first computer
  hardware OCTOBER - TI launches a new EPROM chip
  hardware OCTOBER - VAX 11/780, the first VAX system
  hardware NOVEMBER - North Star Horizon announced
  software DECEMBER - ADA birth


1978

  hardware JANUARY - Apple Disk II, the Apple II second birth
  hardware JANUARY - IBM ''Yellowstone''
  software JANUARY - BBS, the World Wide Web father
  people FEBRUARY - David Packard and William Hewlett
  software FEBRUARY - Space Invaders
  software MARCH - Adventureland
  software MARCH - BSD UNIX
  hardware APRIL - Exidy announces its Sorcerer
  hardware APRIL - Intel introduces the 8086 microprocessor
  software APRIL - Microsoft COBOL-80 released
  hardware MAY - French Logabax LX-500 launched
  software MAY - K&R first edition
  hardware JUNE - Click and Spell
  hardware JULY - Sinclair MK-14
  software JULY - TCP/IP
  hardware AUGUST - ABC-80
  hardware AUGUST - University computer lab in 1978
  software SEPTEMBER - MicroPro's first word processor software
  companies OCTOBER - SoftSide, first issue released
  hardware OCTOBER - 4164
  hardware NOVEMBER - Digital VT-100
  hardware NOVEMBER - Xerox Alto
  hardware DECEMBER - Atari unveils its 400 and 800 home computers


1979

  software JANUARY - Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston form Software Arts Corporation.
  hardware FEBRUARY - NEC PC-8001, the birth of the Japanese home computer industry
  software FEBRUARY - The first version of Flight Simulator is launched
  companies MARCH - Alan Shugart founds Shugart Technology
  hardware MARCH - Commodore PET vs Sharp MZ-80K
  people APRIL - First Smileys
  hardware APRIL - Zilog Z8000
  hardware MAY - Tandy announces the TRS-80 Model II
  hardware JUNE - Apple announces its third computer, the Apple II+
  hardware JUNE - Texas Instruments TI-99/4, first 16-bit home computer
  hardware JUNE - The 8088, first Intel's really successful CPU



 

  
  
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