| Ref: |
Day |
Month |
Timeline event |
Cat: |
| E1020 |
|
Jan |
Apple team moves to Cupertino |
1 |
| E1021 |
|
Jan |
Bill Gates leaves Harvard to work full-time in Microsoft - shares established as 64% Gates and 36% Allen |
9 |
| E1022 |
|
Jan |
Commodore presents its PET 2001 to Radio Shack as a potential reseller |
1 |
| E1023 |
|
Jan |
Jack Tramiel announces the Commodore PET 2001 at Winter CES |
1 |
| E1024 |
|
Jan |
Mike Markkula acquires a third of Apple for $91k in cash and loan capital of $250k |
1 |
| E1025 |
|
Feb |
Zilog Z80A |
4 |
| E3717 |
1 |
Mar |
Micro Technology Unlimited founded to be focussed on digital audio |
10 |
| E1026 |
|
Mar |
Cromemco Z2 personal computer |
1 |
| E1027 |
|
Mar |
Fujitsu LKIT-8 - computer kit |
6 |
| E3718 |
|
Apr |
Apple II launched at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco |
1 |
| E1028 |
|
Apr |
FORTRAN-80 language compiler released by Microsoft |
9 |
| E3719 |
|
Apr |
D C Hayes Communications founded by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington |
10 |
| E1029 |
|
May |
Apple I has sold 175 units in ten months |
1 |
| E1030 |
5 |
Jun |
Apple II deliveries begin |
1 |
| E1031 |
|
Jun |
Heathkit H8 computer |
6 |
| E1032 |
|
Jun |
M&R Electronics create the Sup'R'Mod RF modulator for Apple |
10 |
| E1033 |
|
Jun |
Noval 760 launched computer-in-a-desk |
1 |
| E1034 |
|
Jul |
Commodore PET 2001 deliveries begin |
1 |
| E3720 |
|
Jul |
Sinclair Radionics becomes Science of Cambridge |
1 |
| E1035 |
3 |
Aug |
Steve Leininger's Tandy TRS-80 launched |
1 |
| E1036 |
|
Aug |
Applesoft BASIC launched - a licensed version of Microsoft Basic at a one-off cost of $21k |
9 |
| E1037 |
|
Aug |
University of California San Diego launched UCSD Pascal |
9 |
| E3721 |
|
Sep |
An arbitrator finds in favour of Microsoft versus MIT/Pertec - MS BASIC it was |
9 |
| E1038 |
|
Sep |
TRS-80 launched - forecast was 3,500 unit sales for its first year - but it achieves 10k in the first month |
1 |
| E1039 |
|
Nov |
Northstar Horizon 1 |
1 |
| E1040 |
|
Dec |
Apple II disk controller software completed |
10 |
| E1041 |
|
Dec |
Nascom-80 bus |
10 |
| E3722 |
|
|
Advanced Systems computers launched by Hitachi and National Semiconductor |
5 |
| E1042 |
|
|
Application programming interface developed - API |
9 |
| E1043 |
|
|
Atari Combat game launched - 27 games in one |
8 |
| E1044 |
|
|
Atari VCS launched - Video Computer System - aka 2600 |
7 |
| E1045 |
|
|
Bally Astrocade launched |
7 |
| E1046 |
|
|
Bruce Artwick's Flight Simulator released - based around a 3D software program |
9 |
| E1047 |
|
|
BSD UNIX first released by Don Fabry at UCB |
9 |
| E1048 |
|
|
Butler Lampson and Chuck Thacker's MESA language at PARC for the Alto |
9 |
| E3723 |
|
|
First Cray 1 customer was the National Center for Atmospheric Researh, paid $8m plus $1m for software |
5 |
| E1049 |
|
|
CompuColor II computer |
1 |
| E1050 |
|
|
CUTS standard - Computer Users' Tape Standard - for read/write of data from a standard audio cassette |
10 |
| E1051 |
|
|
Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington found Hayes Microcomputer Products |
10 |
| E1052 |
|
|
Donald Knuth develops the Metafont language |
9 |
| E1053 |
|
|
Donald Knuth's TeX - typesetting software |
9 |
| E1054 |
|
|
Early application of fiber-optic cable technology |
16 |
| E3724 |
|
|
Honeywell MULTICS Relational Database Store, database system |
9 |
| E1055 |
|
|
IBM System R database system |
9 |
| E1056 |
|
|
IMSAI VDP-80 integrated desktop business computer |
1 |
| E1057 |
|
|
Itel Advanced Systems Mainframes later to be taken over by National Semiconductor |
5 |
| E1058 |
|
|
IUS launches WHATSIT? 'Wow! How’d All That Stuff get In There?' a database program |
9 |
| E1059 |
|
|
Keith Peterson develops XMODEM for BBS |
11 |
| E1060 |
|
|
Mattel Auto Race (and later, Mattel Football) handheld games launched |
8 |
| E3725 |
|
|
Mike Fischer and Mike O’Regan founded Research Machines |
1 |
| E1061 |
|
|
MIT develops STOIC - Stack Oriented Interactive Compiler - a Forth variant |
9 |
| E1062 |
|
|
Motorola 6809E |
4 |
| E1063 |
|
|
MULTICS Relational Database Store - MRDS |
9 |
| E1064 |
|
|
Nasco founded by John Marshall, Chris Shelton and Paul Johnson - launched the Nascom 1 computer |
1 |
| E1065 |
|
|
NED text editor |
9 |
| E1066 |
|
|
Newbear Electronics 77-68 |
1 |
| E1067 |
|
|
Nintendo Colour console |
7 |
| E1068 |
|
|
Novation Apple-CAT II Modem |
10 |
| E1069 |
|
|
Peachtree Accounting |
9 |
| E3726 |
|
|
SDL, Software Development Laboratories, founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates |
9 |
| E1070 |
|
|
Sharp Shoin WD-3000 Japanese WP |
1 |
| E1071 |
|
|
Sinclair MK14 computer kit announced at £39.95 |
6 |
| E1072 |
|
|
Sinclair Programmable |
3 |
| E1073 |
|
|
Sinclair Wrist calculator |
3 |
| E1074 |
|
|
Tandy TRS-80 Level 1 BASIC |
9 |
| E1075 |
|
|
Ted Nelson published 'Home Revolution' |
13 |
| E1076 |
|
|
UK's NPL develops the concept of a Local Area Network - first commercial system ARCNET |
11 |
| E1077 |
|
|
VHS video format launched by Matsushita |
2 |
| E3727 |
|
|
WHATSIT? Database released |
9 |
| E1078 |
|
|
Xerox PARC develops OSI - Open Systems Interconnection |
11 |
| E1079 |
|
|
Xerox Star 8010 |
1 |
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